New Delhi: To bolster air safety, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to bar commercial pilot licence (CPL) holders above 65 years from taking up jobs with charter operators or even from flying planes of corporate biggies.
The DGCA has asked such people to surrender their CPLs which would then be endorsed as personal pilot licences ( PPL). This means they would be good only for flying self as a hobby and not to ferry others.
About five years ago, the government had raised the maximum age of CPL holders to work in airlines from 60 to 65 due to a severe shortage of pilots in the country — air traffic was growing rapidly then. There was no bar on commercial pilots beyond 65 years of age from joining non-schedule operators (meaning charters) or join corporate houses to fly the planes of business tycoons. Nearly 100 such pilots are operating in India. A new rule has been enacted whereby the sanction for CPL holders above 65 will be withdrawn.
10/03/11 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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