Three senior Jet Airways pilots flunk DGCA checks

New Delhi: Three senior pilots of Jet Airways (India) Ltd who examine young student pilots have themselves flunked tests conducted by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is seeking to assess the competence of senior trainers and examiners at the country’s airlines.
The checks follow DGCA’s March crackdown on young pilots, some of whom had used fraudulent mark sheets to obtain licences; around a dozen pilots were arrested during the drive.
Jet Airways’ examiner Manoj Manha, 52, and M. Shain, 52, both experts on Airbus A330 aircraft, were found to have “inadequate subject knowledge” during the checks conducted by DGCA in June. Jet subsidiary JetLite’s Anupam Khanna, 43, a check pilot on Boeing 737 aircraft, was hauled up by the regulator for a “casual” approach during the checks, lacking in “cockpit discipline”, according to a government official familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified.
Jet’s spokesperson said in an email that the airline would be sending Manha and Shain for “corrective training”, after which they will resume their duties.
All three pilots have been barred from conducting any checks on other pilots for the moment, the government official said, and added that DGCA would continue to test more pilots at other airlines.
Jet’s spokesperson said the results of DGCA’s checks are no reflection of its procedure for testing pilots.
30/06/11 Tarun Shukla/Live Mint

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Categories: Jet Airways Jun 2011, Safety Jun 2011