Indian arrests reveal corruption in granting of pilot licenses
Subhash Barolia/ THE MID-DAY INDIA - Indigo airline pilot Parminder Kaur Gulati, who was arrested by Delhi police on charges of forgery, is taken to court in New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI — An Indian pilot made news here in January when she landed an Airbus 320 passenger plane on its nose wheel. Investigators soon discovered several alarming things: Parminder Kaur Gulati had not only made that dangerous mistake before, she also had earned her senior pilot’s license through fake grades. Worse still, she had plenty of company.
A government-ordered investigation has exposed a nationwide network of flight schools, aviation officials and others routinely forging grade sheets, fudging logbooks and accepting bribes.
The revelation that some unqualified aspirants have made it into the cockpit is just one of a string of scandals that have roiled India in the past six months, but it is among the most serious, potentially endangering the lives of thousands….read more>>>>
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