Another Air India Pilot Caught for Forging Marksheet, Grounded


Another Air India Pilot Caught for Forging Marksheet, Grounded

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI): A second Air India pilot has been found to have got his flying licence by allegedly submitting forged marks certificates and was grounded, making him the fifth pilot to be caught for using fraudulent means to procure a license.

The state-owned airline has de-rostered the pilot, identified as Arjun Giare, pending enquiry for allegedly submitting a forged Class 10 certificate to show that he met the minimum age limit to become a pilot. The airline earlier suspended Capt J K Verma, who is under arrest, on similar charges.

The pilot, identified as Arjun Giare, "has been taken off duty pending enquiry. He is not flying now," a senior official of the national carrier said.

After the arrest of IndiGo pilot Capt Parminder Kaur Gulati on charges of producing fake marks card last week, the DGCA, while examining documents submitted by about 1,700 pilots to get licences in the past one year, detected that Capt Swaran Singh Talwar (MDLR) and Capt Meenakshi Singhal (IndiGo), besides Air India's Verma, had submitted forged result cards.

All these four cases are now being investigated by the police which has so far arrested Gulati and Verma. Police said Talwar and Singhal are "absconding".

Sources said that in November 2000, Giare's licence was cancelled by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on similar charges. He was also reportedly caught when he appeared for his Instrument Pilot Rating at the Fort Worth Aviation testing centre in the US.

The de-rostering of Giare came after the government ordered investigation into all pilot licences issued in the past and proposed to set up an expert committee to look into the current examination system.

Civil Aviation minister vayalar Ravi on Tuesday informed Parliament that he had asked Directorate General of Civil Aviation to examine all the licences issued in the past. Till date, about 4,500 Airline Transport Pilot Licences (ATPLs) have been issued.

Ravi also proposed to set up an expert committee in the Ministry to examine the current examination system, the need for introducing e-technology and new procedures and processes besides evolving an effective system of cross- verification of documents filed by candidates for various licences in DGCA.

 

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  • Ethan, Mangalore/Florida

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    How does a 10th standard marks or age is related here I cannot understand, if that is the case every time we get into a rickshaw, car or bus we need to ask them have you completed your SSLC so you can drive safely, all these are acquired set of skills, for which lot of flying time is required and experience!! nor do we ask a politician for their qualifications, I second my opinion with Hassan Mukka who has intelligently commented if they did not have any accident or mishaps, they should regularize their license with punitive action of either demoting or holding their increments etc, we do not want to lose good pilots just because he did a correction of age, if all get punished for such basis then may be 99% of Indians has to punished for some reason or other!

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  • Zaheera, Saudi Arabia

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    Mohiddin, you are absolutely right.

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  • Mohiddin, Bajpe

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    The officials who issue these licences should be hanged .

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  • shane, dxb/mng

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    Yeh India hai meri jaan !! We have heard of obtaining D/L for motors by means of fraudulent means. If things persists like this The standard of Indian professionals will hit hardly as well as the Indian Institutes worldwide

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  • Carol Pinto, Mangalore/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    What a shame knowing these facts!!! On the other hand, atleast they are being grounded. Hopefully, the authorities will take serious action against these pilots which will serve a lesson to the rest!

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    First of all the officials who issue these licenses shall be arrested and put behind the Bars..!!??? and then arrest the culprits and punish them.

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  • Ravi Kumar, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Thu, Mar 17 2011

    Dhevare Ghathi!!!

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  • hassanmukha, mangalore

    Wed, Mar 16 2011

    It is better to regularise their licence since they fly the air crafts without accidents.since most of the air accidents done by valid licence holders,these fake licence holders at least fly the air crafts safely.If needed ,re examine them and regularise instead of punishing them since they are interested to serve the country!

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  • A.S.Mathew, U.S.A.

    Wed, Mar 16 2011

    How many of these bogus pilots
    are going to be punished for their
    serious crime of forgery, and for
    endangering the lives of the
    innocent passengers?

    Board the planes with prayers, and
    pray all the way until it is
    landed safely, because God's double
    protection is the only solution.

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  • Doddanna, Damaskatte/Abudhabi

    Wed, Mar 16 2011

    THIS STRICT RULE MUST BE EXTENDED TO ALL THE VEHICLE DRIVERS WHO GET FAKE LICENCES AFTER PAYING BRIBE TO AUTHORITIES AND RUN THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN TO SERIOUS RISK. NO LICENCES SHOULD BE ISSUED WITHOUT PROPER QUALIFICATION AND WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING. THIS ALSO REFERS TO FAKE PASSPORTS IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN GET A PASSPORT PAYING JUST RS. 5000. JAI HOOOO, JAI HO.

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  • A. D'Souza, Kodialbail

    Wed, Mar 16 2011

    I feel ashamed to be an Indian. Looks like everyone is a crook in India.

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