Saturday, April 04, 2015
Jet Airways pilots found flying without clearing proficiency test, DGCA issues show cause notice
Weeks after it was found out that the co-pilot in the Germanwings Airbus A320, who crashed the plane into the French Alps, hid a serious illness from the airline, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in India has detected a new list of Jet Airways pilots who had not cleared the mandatory pilots' proficiency check (PPC).
The DGCA issued a show cause notice to Jet Airways on the issue. The airline said that it has replied to the DGCA on the matter and that all its pilots "are now compliant with the current PPC cycles," according to Economic Times.
This is not the first time Jet Airways pilots have been found to be working without clearing the PPC. In September 2014, DGCA had cracked down on nearly 140 Jet Airways pilots for continuing to fly without clearing mandatory biannual exams and had issued show cause notices to the airline questioning its pilot training programme.
The notices were issued to the pilots, as also Jet's chief operating officer and training chief, on the basis of an audit of its training programme by a three-member DGCA team, according to PTI.
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