New Delhi: Air travellers' biggest fear of being flown by a fake commander is getting even bigger by the day. On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) detected yet another pilot, Captain J K Verma working with national carrier Air India, who had became commander by allegedly faking mark sheets of the airline transport pilot licence (ATPL) exam. According to sources, he has been handed over to the police.
This is the third such discovery in four days and the fourth fake commander detected since February-end — two with IndiGo and one each with AI and MDLR. The DGCA has now changed its strategy after the last discovery. The two allegedly fake commander detected four days back – Meenakshi Sehgal of IndiGo and Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR — are learnt to have gone missing, possibly to evade being arrested.
"On Saturday afternoon we detected that J K Verma had also reportedly faked mark sheets to become commander and informed the police first thing. The pilot, belonging to erstwhile Indian Airlines that's now Air India, has been picked up by the cops," said highly placed sources.
The new strategy of informing police first so that they accused are nabbed has been devised with a purpose. "We want these people to be caught and know how they got fake mark sheets of ATPL exam (that co-pilots need to pass to become commander) made. Is someone inside DGCA or coaching institute part of this racket?" said senior officials.
13/03/11 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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