Pilot teachers flunk tests
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Tree 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.A report in livemint.com said the checks followed 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. A Jet spokesperson was quoted saying in the report that it would be sending Manha and Shain for “corrective training”, after which they would resume their duties.All three pilots have been barred from conducting any checks on other pilots for the moment, the government official was reported saying, and added that DGCA would continue to test more pilots at other airlines
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