Pilot's licence easy no more

Mumbai: A new rule aimed at improving the quality of trainee pilots has just made it a tad more difficult to earn a pilot's licence.
In a revision to Rule 38 of Aircraft Rules 1937, brought into effect by the directorate-general of civil aviation on Monday, students appearing for commercial pilot's licence ground training exams should either have a private pilot's licence or 50 hours of flying experience.
They should also have taken classes from a DGCA-approved ground training institute. As a majority of the students start flying only after clearing the ground training exams, the new rule would be sending about 3,000 students (who were to appear for exams in October) scurrying into the handful of over-burdened flying schools of India in the next few weeks.
That would spell trouble, as most of the flying schools in the country are struggling with poor infrastructure.
09/08/06 Manju V/Times of India

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