New Delhi, April 12: Aviation regulator DGCA has so far lodged a total of 13 FIRs against as many pilots for obtaining licences on the basis of fudged documents.
“We have so far lodged 13 FIRs against 13 pilots,” DGCA chief E K Bharat Bhushan told PTI here today.
Till date, 13 persons, including five pilots and three DGCA staffers, have been arrested on charges of using forged marksheets, fudged flying hours and related documents to procure flying licences from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
With the drive to verify the documents and licences of pilots and commanders nearing completion, the regulator is rushing through the process of scrutinising all papers relating to those licence holders whose cases are suspect.
Over 1,700 licences have so far been scrutinised and seven of them have turned out to be fake.
-Agencies