Indian pilots cry foul over discrimination

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Chennai: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has relaxed the rules allowing recruitment of foreign pilots.
According to aviation sources, under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Annexe 2, member states are permitted to issue flying licences to pilots holding flying licences from another country.
The procedure laid down: passing Air Law exams; completing medical checks required by that country to maintain the licence and satisfying all the simulator profiles required of pilots of that country to maintain the current status of the licence.
But foreign pilots coming to India are given an approval to use the privileges of the Indian licence "without having to do any medical checks". An Indian pilot who has attained the age of 55 has to go through strict medical tests including treadmill test every two years. After the age of 60, the medical checks are even more stringent. But, a foreign pilot goes to an approved medical practitioner and undergoes a cursory medical check up and continues to fly.
14/09/06 T. S. Shankar/The Hindu

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