Malaysia suspends Pakistan pilots after licence fraud revelation

[jericho]

Malaysia suspends Pakistan pilots after licence fraud revelation


KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia’s aviation regulator has temporarily suspended pilots employed by domestic airlines who hold Pakistani licences, after the government of the South Asian nation revealed that many pilots had dubious qualifications.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said in a statement on Thursday that the decision came after an evaluation of all foreign pilots in Malaysia. The regulator told Reuters that there are less than 20 Pakistani pilots in the country.

National carrier Malaysia Airlines said it does not have any Pakistani pilot, Malindo Air, the Malaysian arm of Indonesia’s Lion Air, said it does not have any foreign pilots, and AirAsia said it does not have any Pakistani pilot.

CAAM said the pilots were employed with “local operators”, such as flying schools, flying clubs and training organisations.

Pakistan last week grounded almost a third of its pilots after discovering they may have falsified their qualifications. Pakistan has a total of 860 pilots, 107 of whom work for foreign airlines.

Global concern has mounted since the announcement, with countries grounding Pakistan pilots and seeking to verify their credentials.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has also suspended Pakistan International Airlines’ authorisation to fly to the bloc for six months.

CAAM said it is making efforts with its Pakistani counterpart to verify the authenticity of the licence holders.

“Licence holders that are verified as valid by (the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority) will be reinstated immediately,” it said.

Reporting by Liz Lee; Editing by Michael Perry

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-after-licence-fraud-revelation-idUSKBN2440CG

 

[baqai]

thanks to stupidity of minister (who said that he explicitly gave the statement after permission from PM) we are laughing stock all over the world

 

[Max]

We should satisfy Malaysians.

“Licence holders that are verified as valid by (the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority) will be reinstated immediately,” it said.

 

[silver_dragon]

Your PM is the biggest moron in Pakistan at the moment.

 

[jericho]

thanks to stupidity of minister (who said that he explicitly gave the statement after permission from PM) we are laughing stock all over the world

Oh please, the previous leaders didn't exactly make Pakistan a role model for the world either. It would have been a bigger embarrassment and more damage if this was revealed by other countries.

 

[baqai]

Oh please, the previous leaders didn't exactly make Pakistan a role model for the world either. It would have been a bigger embarrassment and more damage if this was revealed by other countries.

Oh please, do investigate on your own and see what blunders were made in this, there are three fricking license to be taken to be captain, two to be a FO, both of these require 8 theory exams to clear besides hundreds of simulator and actual flying hours.

Our stupid minister in one sweeping comment made the whole pilot paternity of Pakistan look like a fricking joke, We are lucky that gora's don't know how driving licenses are being made here warna dunya bhar mai driving par bhi pabandi lag jati

 

[Clutch]

thanks to stupidity of minister (who said that he explicitly gave the statement after permission from PM) we are laughing stock all over the world

I actually support the banning of all corrupt pakistani practices worldwide!!!

Ban all corrupt. No excuse corruption. If you are corrupt expect global banning!!!

Suffer corrupt fools!

 

[AZ1]

Your PM is the biggest moron in Pakistan at the moment.

ur matric degree may be fake also

 

[baqai]

I actually support the banning of all corrupt pakistani practices worldwide!!!

Ban all corrupt. No excuse corruption. If you are corrupt expect global banning!!!

Suffer corrupt fools!

punish those who deserve punishment but don't give statements which can end up careers and lives of many others in jeopardy, check the list and see for yourself, it was done in urgency and secondly the most stupid mistake done was to link this to the crash

 

[AZ1]

punish those who deserve punishment but don't give statements which can end up careers and lives of many others in jeopardy, check the list and see for yourself, it was done in urgency and secondly the most stupid mistake done was to link this to the crash

So u are saying that we should wait for another incident. Investigation reveal that we have fake pilots. Now think this if some incident happen innotherr country and upon investigation this comes up then what?

There should be no mercy for fake pilots at all. risking All passenger lives just so that pilot could have job and career on fake degree?

 

[Flash_Ninja]

Oh please, do investigate on your own and see what blunders were made in this, there are three fricking license to be taken to be captain, two to be a FO, both of these require 8 theory exams to clear besides hundreds of simulator and actual flying hours.

Our stupid minister in one sweeping comment made the whole pilot paternity of Pakistan look like a fricking joke, We are lucky that gora's don't know how driving licenses are being made here warna dunya bhar mai driving par bhi pabandi lag jati

Do 97 more passengers need to die before you realise the gravity of what has happened?

Since when is skipping any qualifications acceptable? Would you be ok with a surgeon operating on you who skipped their exams? Pakistanis should feel ashamed too, because thats apparently the only way to get people to act against the incompetence and corruption going on in CAA and PALPA.

 

[jericho]

Our stupid minister in one sweeping comment made the whole pilot paternity of Pakistan look like a fricking joke, We are lucky that gora's don't know how driving licenses are being made here warna dunya bhar mai driving par bhi pabandi lag jati

You should boycott all news channels/media for reporting any bad incidents (fraud, corruption, etc) in the country

 

[Clutch]

punish those who deserve punishment but don't give statements which can end up careers and lives of many others in jeopardy, check the list and see for yourself, it was done in urgency and secondly the most stupid mistake done was to link this to the crash

Those who stay silent on corruption deserve the fate of the corrupt.... A stigma that includes the "innocent"!!!

In Pakistan the "innocent" are the silent accomplices of the corrupt. With so many fake degree holders...bare you telling me the "innocent" were unaware of that???... Did they object? Did they stay silent? Did they protest against the corrupt? Did they go on strike against the corrupt??? ...no!

Do the "Innocent" claim they were powerless to do anything ... It is never an excuse!...

Corruption is a Cancer! May all corrupt burn in HELL!

 

[baqai]

Kindly ask any pilot and ask about "JAALI LICENSE" there is no such thing is JAALI LICENSE that's what you guys are not getting, Licenses are ORIGINAL, they are issued by CAA.

Majority of the pilots on that list consist of people who were under "suspicion" like i personally know someone who flies for AirBlue and his course mate's name is in the list because he gave the paper and flew the same day and thus he came under CAA's radar as being "suspicious" because as per them one should not give paper and fly on the same day. The list also has a number of out of duty and even deceased pilots.

Once we had authentic data of verified fraudsters if it was my call it would be firing squad along with all those who were accomplishes, but i am sure that instead of babbling out 30% of our pilots are FRAUD it would be "10 out of 800 something pilots were found in wrong doings and attempted unethical ways of clearing their theory exams and thus were terminated from service"

There is a way with words and how you use them can mellow down the situation, but we for some reason were just too bloody eager to babble what ever came in our mouth.

 

[Clutch]

Our stupid minister in one sweeping comment made the whole pilot paternity of Pakistan look like a fricking joke, We are lucky that gora's don't know how driving licenses are being made here warna dunya bhar mai driving par bhi pabandi lag jati

If you are a willing participate in a corrupt system ... You are part of the problem.