Bipin Shah   Self Employed
New Delhi: In a bid to prevent pilots from forging marksheets to get licenses, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has come out with a bright idea. The country’s civil aviation regulator will not issue marksheets anymore, so that there are no papers to forge. Three pilots were arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police this month for forging marksheets to obtain a licence. The pilots furnished fake marksheets for their Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL), which enables them to fly.


DGCA has also decided to take strict action against those trying to cheat in examinations by debarring them temporarily or permanently from reappearing for a test.Examinations are conducted throughout the year by DGCA for pilots and their result cards have to be submitted for obtaining a licence.


The candidates can, however, download the result page from DGCA website and enclose it with their application for the issue of license. Strangely, both the directorates issuing mark sheets and licenses are part of DGCA but the accused pilots were able to hoodwink them with forged documents.
Mar 21st 2011 03:24