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Probe into fake pilots scam reveals flying schools fudged logbooks
by Bipin Shah Self Employed
Bipin Shah 
Self Employed
NEW DELHI: Investigations into the fake pilot scam have revealed that several flying schools were 'fudging log books' to escalate the number of flying hours of pilots to get them licenses.
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is reportedly conducting an inquiry into the manipulation of logbooks by flying schools and records of the 50-60 requests processed by Pradeep Kumar are also being checked.
Meanwhile, attempts are being made to arrest three more pilots and a Mumbai-based tout — Deepak Asatkar. Meanwhile, sources in the Crime Branch told TOI that "their investigations are also looking into the recruitment of pilots in all the airlines".
"To get a license, a pilot needs to show a particular number of hours in training. Instead of flying, the pilots, with the help of schools, would manipulate logbooks to show this. We suspect that officials of various flying schools are involved in this. Presently, we are concentrating on these pilots. DGCA is looking into logbook fudging on its own," said a source.
Delhi police had arrested four in the racket earlier this week, including a DGCA official Pradeep Kumar, a pilot Captain Pradeep Tyagi and two touts, Lalit and Pankaj Jain, while Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati and Captain J K Verma were arrested earlier.
The scandal surfaced when the police arrested Captain Gulati on March 8, who later confessed to having submitted a forged result card of the Air Navigation and Radio Aids and Instruments examination mandatory for obtaining an Air Lines Transport License (ALTP). Air India pilot, Verma, was arrested on March 12 as he too had obtained an ALTP on the basis of a forged marksheet of the Air Navigation composite.
The police are looking for Tyagi's contacts in DGCA apart from Kumar. Officials said they are carrying out raids at several places to look for others in the case.
Mar 27th 2011 23:57
Self EmployedNEW DELHI: Investigations into the fake pilot scam have revealed that several flying schools were 'fudging log books' to escalate the number of flying hours of pilots to get them licenses.
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is reportedly conducting an inquiry into the manipulation of logbooks by flying schools and records of the 50-60 requests processed by Pradeep Kumar are also being checked.
Meanwhile, attempts are being made to arrest three more pilots and a Mumbai-based tout — Deepak Asatkar. Meanwhile, sources in the Crime Branch told TOI that "their investigations are also looking into the recruitment of pilots in all the airlines".
"To get a license, a pilot needs to show a particular number of hours in training. Instead of flying, the pilots, with the help of schools, would manipulate logbooks to show this. We suspect that officials of various flying schools are involved in this. Presently, we are concentrating on these pilots. DGCA is looking into logbook fudging on its own," said a source.
Delhi police had arrested four in the racket earlier this week, including a DGCA official Pradeep Kumar, a pilot Captain Pradeep Tyagi and two touts, Lalit and Pankaj Jain, while Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati and Captain J K Verma were arrested earlier.
The scandal surfaced when the police arrested Captain Gulati on March 8, who later confessed to having submitted a forged result card of the Air Navigation and Radio Aids and Instruments examination mandatory for obtaining an Air Lines Transport License (ALTP). Air India pilot, Verma, was arrested on March 12 as he too had obtained an ALTP on the basis of a forged marksheet of the Air Navigation composite.
The police are looking for Tyagi's contacts in DGCA apart from Kumar. Officials said they are carrying out raids at several places to look for others in the case.
Mar 27th 2011 23:57
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