KARACHI: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday suspended licences of 34 pilots for holding fake documents.
A notification has been released by the CAA’s Director Flight Operation regarding the suspension of 34 pilots’ licences including women.
The latest order followed by the decision of the federal cabinet members for the removal of 28 commercial pilots whose licences had already been proven dubious after an inquiry.
According to a declaration, the decision came during the cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair in Islamabad. The cabinet meeting decided to initiate criminal proceedings against the pilots. However, disciplinary action is being taken against few other pilots.
On June 27, the Aviation Division had declared licences of 160 pilots from national flag-carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Airblue and SereneAir ‘suspicious’ and orderd the management of the airlines to immediate ground the aviates.
The aviation authority issued directives to the management of the airlines to immediate ground the pilots who were possessing suspicious licences. The suspicious pilots include 141 from PIA, nine from Airblue and 10 from SereneAir.
