Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not qualified to fly, the country's aviation minister revealed Wednesday.

Addressing Pakistan's National Assembly, Ghulam Sarwar Khan said 262 pilots in the country "did not take the exam themselves" and had paid someone else to sit it on their behalf.
"They don't have flying experience," he said.

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OMG! Is this something really possible to do today?

Imagine up 30000 feet with an unlicensed driver!

...and we are complaining about unlicensed drivers on the road!

Scary!!

 

Thread running in News.

 

 

Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses
 

How did they know, in checkPoints? ????

The recent crash at Karachi where the pilot tried to land with wheels up and then didn't declare an emergency on go around, is a little more understandable now,

 

https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/may/24/preliminary-report-of-pakistan-international-airlines-plane-crash-raises-new-questions-2147395.html

So 30% of pilots have fake licenses, so when they applied for their jobs nobody checked, unbelievable absolutely unbelievable.

Great advert for P.I.A, come fly with us if you dare.????

Very tempted to misquote the 10CC song, substituting Mandy for P**I.

 

????"I'm Mandy, fly me" ????

 

????

 

 

If you have ever flown on PIA, (Domestic or International) this news comes as no surprise