Pilot who let son fly plane has quit

Mumbai: Soon after the aviation regulator clipped a senior Spicejet Airline pilot’s authority to test junior pilots on charges of a safety violation in November, he quit the job, said a spokesperson from the airline. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had stopped Captain Sultan Singh,
Spicejet’s general manager of training, from conducting tests on junior pilots.
He was found guilty of operating three flights in which his son, Captain Jorawar Singh, a fresh passout from a flying school, flew as the co-pilot without authorisation.
Captain Jorawar Singh continues to work with the airline because the probe gave him a clean chit.
23/12/10 Hindustan Times

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Categories: Safety Dec 2010, spicejet Dec 2010