Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended eight pilots and issued a warning letter to 57 others after it found that 320 pilots from Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo and Jet Airways were flying with expired licenses, the Hindustan Times reported today.
The airlines, however have denied any wrongdoing. “The pilots are not suspended. Since their licenses weren’t renewed, they are not being utilised for flying duties. No pilot has flown with an expired license,” an AI spokesperson told the Hindustan Times.
This is not the first time pilots in India have been brought to heel over documentation of pilots' licences.
In September the Times of India reported, the DGCA found 131 Jet Airways pilots were flying without clearing a mandatory biannual exam — a mandatory test for pilots to keep their licenses valid.
The audit was done after the airline’s Mumbai-Brussels flight plunged 5,000ft over Turkish airspace on August 8 and resulted in the removal of their chief of training, reports the Hindustan Times.
21/11/14 FirstBiz
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The airlines, however have denied any wrongdoing. “The pilots are not suspended. Since their licenses weren’t renewed, they are not being utilised for flying duties. No pilot has flown with an expired license,” an AI spokesperson told the Hindustan Times.
This is not the first time pilots in India have been brought to heel over documentation of pilots' licences.
In September the Times of India reported, the DGCA found 131 Jet Airways pilots were flying without clearing a mandatory biannual exam — a mandatory test for pilots to keep their licenses valid.
The audit was done after the airline’s Mumbai-Brussels flight plunged 5,000ft over Turkish airspace on August 8 and resulted in the removal of their chief of training, reports the Hindustan Times.
21/11/14 FirstBiz
