Fake Pilots

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  UP Man Caught At Delhi Airport Posing As Singapore Airlines Pilot

  A 24-year-old man, posing as a pilot, was caught by paramilitary forces at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday.

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  European Union Bans Pak International Airlines Over Fake Pilot Licences

  Regulators have barred Pakistan International Airlines from the European Union for six months after the state-run carrier grounded nearly a third of its pilots for holding fake or dubious licences, officials said Tuesday.

• Man with fake pilot profile on Facebook travels in cockpit

  A man who posed as an airline pilot and travelled in the cockpit of at least one plane was arrested in Turin Airport using forged identity cards and wearing a pilot's uniform, Italian police said on Saturday.

• Indian skies safe despite 'fake' pilots, says regulator

  It began with a dangerous landing and has resulted in 16 pilots being sacked. India's fake flying licence scam posed a severe challenge to the country's airline safety regulator.

• Son of former Rajasthan minister booked in 'fake pilots' scam

  Former BJP minister Madan Dilawar's son is among four people booked by the Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau in connection with the 'fake pilots' scam. Madan Dilawar was the Minister for Social Justice in the Vasundhara Raje government. An FIR has been lodged against Pawan Dilawar for allegedly faking flying hours to get his Commercial Pilots Licen...

• How corruption in fast-growing aviation industry is hurting nation

  More than a dozen commercial pilots in India have been stripped of their licenses and a top airline safety official has been suspended after a government investigation uncovered widespread fraud and corruption in the booming aviation industry.Several of India's private carriers, as well as its state-run airline, Air India, have fired active pilots ...

• She failed US test but became pilot in India

  As a crackdown began to corner those involved in getting pilots' licences by fudging records, a top officer of the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was relieved of his duties following charges that he had influenced an airline to employ his daughter who had failed a pilot test.Apart from DGCA's Director (Air Safety) R...

• 'Fake pilot' probe: Top DGCA official relieved of duty pending inquiry

  The probe into the 'fake pilots' probe has now reached the top echelons of aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).RS Passi, the joint director of DGCA has been relieved of his duties pending probe into his role into his daughter procuring a fake pilot license.Mr Passi is the father of Garima Passi who quit SpiceJet airl...

• Can you fly? Prove it on camera

  With more and more 'fake' pilot cases being unearthed every day air travel is fast ceasing to be a joyride. Now, after facing flak on the issue from all quarters, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to put its examination wing under CCTV surveillance.DGCA has a special examination wing called Central Examinat...

• Fake pilots probe: 2 more officials arrested

  As more and more fake pilots are arrested, the body that is meant to be the country's aviation watchdog the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is itself under a cloud. Late on Tuesday night two more clerks of the country's top aviation body, DGCA, were held in Delhi.The two allegedly took Rs 50,000 to push the pilots' files for licence ap...

• Two more fake pilots, tout arrested

  Every day, fresh cases of fake pilots being found and arrested seem to be coming up. The arrests of the latest fake pilots, Abhishek Kaushik and Hiren Nagar, have led the Delhi police to a new angle of the racket in Gujarat. Kaushik and Nagar, both in their mid-twenties, met during training at a flying school in Indore. Nagar later led Kaushik...

• Another pilot arrested for using forged marksheets

  One more pilot has been arrested in the capital for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator.A senior Delhi police official said Abhinav Kaushik from private airline Indigo, has been arrested for using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).Delh...

• Where are all the fake pilots, asks Delhi police

  The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying instructor for their involvement in the fake pilot licence scam."We have issued a lookout notice against flying instructor Deepak Atslar, pilots Bhupinder Singh, Syed Habib Ali and Swarn Singh Talwar. Habib and Swarn were supposed to be working with...

• 'Fake pilots' scam: Police issue lookout notice against 4

  Intensifying its probe into the 'fake pilots' scam, the Delhi Police has issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying instructor to ensure that they have not fled the country.The lookout notices were issued by the Delhi Police's crime branch against pilots Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR, Syed Habib Ali and Bhupinder Singh for allegedly be...

• DGCA official arrested in 'fake pilot' scam

  The fake pilot saga keeps getting bigger. Four more people, including an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), have been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the 'fake flying licence' scam.The arrested DGCA official, Pradeep Kumar, was the Assistant Director in charge of licensing till January. This is the first t...