‘Aviation academy’ cheats 200 students

A private ‘aviation academy’ in Kerala allegedly cheated around 200 students by promising jobs in Malaysia. The ‘academy’ at Kodakara had lured them by offering jobs of airhostesses and ground handling and cabin crew in Malaysia once they completed their three-month course, which was started in 2010.
While three batches had completed the course through the Academy’s centres at Kottayam, Kozhikode and Kodakara, the fraud came to light when the first batch flew to Malaysia and couldn’t find any job there and retuned within 11 days. The institution misled the other batches with an ad carrying the photograph of the “first batch being sent to Malaysia.”
A victim of the racket who had to return from Malaysia lamented that many had also lost Rs 25,000 as travelling expense.
A student of the ‘academy’ Amrutha had filed a case with the Kodakara police station. The police, whose inquiry showed that the institution had no approval of the panchayat, sealed its office. The man who was running the institution, Shabeer Ali, a Thrissur native, is in hiding.
When the course cost around Rs 1.5 lakh, the salary for the jobs they promised were more than Rs1 lakh a month. Most of the students were attracted by the advertisement of the academy, showing logos of five well-known airlines. The cheated include a youth who was working at the Cochin International Airport but who resigned his job to enroll for the course “for a better income”.
05/12/11 City Journal

15 thoughts on “‘Aviation academy’ cheats 200 students

  1. same in kolkata, named HORIZON AVIATION ACADEMY,GOLPARK – FRAUD INSTITUTION ruining the careers of asprints. SUCH INSTITTION SHOULD BE SEALED.

  2. heres another one..

    AVIATION COURSES LIKE THIS = COURSES ON FRAUD

    i feel aviation is not a cheating industry…but these institutes …feeding on innocent students in the name of aviation…

  3. horizon aviation academy run by shatabdi chatterjee in kolkata situated at garihat,golpark is kind of same institute frauding students by promising jobs.the certificate they provide is just a sheet of paper,nothing else.

  4. I am an airhostess in an international airlines…and can proudly say that i am an ex-student of Horizon Aviation Academy.so before pointing to the academy..first point to yourself and your dedication towards your career.

  5. And not only me…many of my friends from Horizon Aviation Academy Kolkata are successfully working with different reputed airlines …our madam Capt.Satabdi Chatterjee always guided as as an expert in this industries.i must convey my regargs to her for where i am today.thank you so much..Mam..

  6. Pinacle Airpoint Service pvt ltd situated at Garia, Kolkata is also a fraud company. This is run by Aparajita Jindal.

  7. Oh Kheyali (or is that Shatabdi chatterjee herself) .. LOL. Everyone knows Horizon is farud. Please tell them why your entire family is fraud. How many times did your father go to jail. Or Satyananda. Or yourself. Kheyali it seems. Bloody 420.

  8. Kheyali aka Satabdi Chatterjee nice try in defending yourself. The company is fraud and none of the students have ever got placed. My whole batch was cheated. Later I found out that Satabdi Chatterjee is fake as well. She claims to be a pilot but has never flown a plane or worked as a pilot. She claims to be the first female pilot (ya right) . Which company/airline did you fly for Satabdi Chatterjee? How can a person that could not find a job herself offer others job. Oh also by the way a television channel busted Satabdi Chatterjee when she was trying to pose as an astrologer.

  9. I am that person they mentioned above. I will explain some unknown facts.

    1. There is only 63 students were studied.
    2. the fees which i collected only 50,000/- per student.
    3. I refunded all these amounts.

    Why they find what happend next…………….

  10. Mr shabeer Ali I was a student on your institute.. You cheated every students and destroyed there career .you collected more than 1 lakhs rupees from each and every student. I never get any single rupees as a refund.

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