The central examination organisation (CEO) of the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) is at the forefront of overhauling the system after the fake pilot licence scam was uncovered. The aviation regulator will install CCTVs in the premises of the CEOs office to keep marksheet forgery under check.
In the future, the officials at the CEO office will not be able to carry out underhand dealings to forge marksheets and pass failed candidates who appear for commercial pilot licence (CPL) and airline transport pilot licence (ATPL). “We have invited tenders for eight CCTVs to be fixed at the CEO’s RK Puram office in Delhi. This is amongst the several measures we have taken to revamp the system,” said Nazim Zaidi, civil aviation secretary.
The need for CCTVs was felt after the fake pilot licence scam hit the headlines on March 11 when the Delhi crime branch arrested Capt Parminder Gulati, 38, a commander with IndiGo airlines for forging her marksheet to get the ATPL. During investigation, it was found that though she failed in some papers, she forged her marksheet in connivance with touts and DGCA officials.
Consequently, DGCA officials started blaming flying schools for helping students log in false hours to complete the mandatory 200 hours of flying though they flew much less. Retorting to this, the flying schools told DNA, “If they want to catch the culprits, they should install CCTVs in their own campus rather than passing the buck.”
This is second such pro-active step taken by the regulator to bring corruption in its own offices under check. On March 17, DGCA issued a public notice in which it announced the discontinuation of issuing report cards to pilots, engineers, flight dispatchers etc. by the CEO. The candidates will now have to download the results posted on DGCA website, and enclose it along with the application to seek the licence.
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