Pakistan airline grounds 150 pilots for cheating on exams

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Pakistan's state-run airline is grounding 150 pilots, accusing them of obtaining licences by having others take exams for them after a probe into last month's crash that killed 97 people in Karachi. 9News

Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, did not give additional details about the cheating but said the process to fire the pilots had been initiated.

"We will make it sure that such unqualified pilots never fly aircraft again," he told the Associated Press on Thursday. He said the safety of passengers was the airline's top priority. The move by PIA to ground the pilots comes a day after the country's aviation minister, Ghulam Sarqar Khan, said 262 out of 860 Pakistani pilots had "fake" licences. He made the revelation while presenting preliminary findings of a probe to parliament into the May 22 Airbus A320 aircraft crash.

 

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This is shocking how can a Pakistan government owned airline put peoples life in such a threat. These not just domestic but threat to international terminals and passengers aswell. Pakistan aviation Dubai

It happens in australia's Universities with doctors and lawyers.

I don’t think so if obtaining driving license may be u will can drive but pilots haw ?

Great advertisement not to fly with them ever!

Of all the things to cheat on lol this is a suicide attempt.

Hope that’s a heads up qantas ceo ?

Shouldve consider proactive and predictive approach

Da fuq?

Wow, that’s just f...ing scary!

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