Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses

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Pakistan's state-run airline says it will ground 150 pilots on charges they obtained their pilot licences by having others take exams for them.

Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, May 22, 2020. ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's state-run airline said Thursday it will ground 150 pilots, accusing them of obtaining licenses by having others take exams for them after a probe into last month's crash that killed 97 people in Karachi.

"We will make it sure that such unqualified pilots never fly aircraft again," he told The Associated Press. He said the safety of passengers was the airline's top priority. The announcement stunned lawmakers present in the National Assembly and shocked family members of passengers who died last month when Flight PK8303 after departing from the eastern city of Lahore went down in a congested residential area in Karachi, killing 97 people, including all the crew members. There were only two survivors and a girl died on the ground.

But officials familiar with the process involved in issuing pilot's licenses said an unspecified number of people who had the skills to fly a plane but lacked technical knowledge had in the past bribed qualified persons to take exams for them. They didn't elaborate.

 

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What a shocker

I bet the problem is a lot deeper than most know, & it’s even happened in Canada believe it or not, but TC doesn’t want you to know about that or how the old paper licenses were easy to recreate. Canada moved to a semi half assed fix with passport style licenses everyone hates.

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