All Pakistani pilots in Vietnam have valid licences: government

[RayKalm]

All Pakistani pilots working for Vietnamese airlines have valid and legitimate licences and none have been involved in a flight incident or safety threat, the government said on Saturday.

Vietnam last month grounded all Pakistani pilots working for local airline amid concern from global regulators that some pilots may have been using dubious licences.

“All licenses administered by the Pakistani aviation regulator are legitimate and valid. There are no fake licenses, as mentioned by the media,” a government statement said, citing a note from the Pakistani Embassy to the Vietnamese government.

Vietnam had licensed 27 Pakistani pilots and 12 of them were still active. The other 15 pilots’ contracts had expired or were inactive due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Authority.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-have-valid-licences-government-idUSKCN24J0E6

 

[BATMAN]

 

[PakistaniandProud]

What's making you laugh?

 

[BATMAN]

What's making you laugh?

Irony

“All licenses administered by the Pakistani aviation regulator are legitimate and valid. There are no fake licenses, as mentioned by the media,” a government statement said

 

[PakistaniandProud]

Irony

“All licenses administered by the Pakistani aviation regulator are legitimate and valid. There are no fake licenses, as mentioned by the media,” a government statement said

There are no fake licenses amongst the Vietnamese-based Pakistani pilots. The issue wasn't the fake licenses themselves, it was having others re-do requalification exams for the pilots.

 

[I S I]

Damage control at play by potian govt.

 

[Goenitz]

pilots who go to foreign airliners have go through tight scrutiny.... may be they have international license (EASA, etc).. our own CAA license can be fake for local recruitment.... I can ask some guys working in Shaheen... can you clear this matter btw? @JamD

 

[Jungibaaz]

Someone ask our idiot minister(s) why blanket statements decrying a large number of pilots outright fake were made and why they are back peddling after having doubled down and after all the damage has already been done?

Honestly, this PIA case should go down as the biggest screw up by this government during their tenure.

 

[JamD]

pilots who go to foreign airliners have go through tight scrutiny.... may be they have international license (EASA, etc).. our own CAA license can be fake for local recruitment.... I can ask some guys working in Shaheen... can you clear this matter btw? @JamD

I do have some batchmates in CAA and they are of the opinion that the minister is a buffoon. More than this I didnt ask.