Fly in India to prove competency: DGCA
Mumbai: According to the latest circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), any pilot licence obtained from abroad, will require a compulsory competency test in India for endorsement into an Indian licence.
Sources close to the DGCA said that changes have been incorporated to put an end to discrepancies that were exposed during the recent pilot scam. DGCA circular number 8/2/2008-LII dated February 21, 2012 (copy with MiD DAY), issued by Joint Director General (JDG), DGCA, J S Rawat, reads, “The current Guidelines for Conversion of Professional Pilot’s Licences issued in International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Contracting States into Indian Professional Pilot’s Licence (Commercial Pilot’s Licence) allow for acceptance of skill test done abroad provided the test reports are duly authenticated by a representative of the Regulatory Authority of the State where the tests have been performed. It is seen that most state authorities do not authenticate the skill reports to meet the procedure laid down in the guidelines. In case Instrument Rating (IR) is not issued by the Contracting State, the skill test carried out in the Contracting State shall not be recognised. For the issue of IR, the applicant shall be required to carry out IR skill test in India.”
The circular further recommends, “It has now been decided by the Competent Authority that all applications for issue of Indian, Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) will be accompanied with skill test reports on at least one aircraft type required to be endorsed on the Indian licence. All applications received on or after April 1, 2012 shall be accompanied with skill test report carried out in India.”
05/03/12 Bipin kumar Singh/MiD DAY
This is an another way to make CPL issue more complicated by the DGCA and make more money for the flying clubs for atleast 2-3 lakhs per student.
As if the flying standards are high in India when compared to FAA/JAA/ICAO/other contracting states.
If they lazy and dumb and they can’t authenticate a simple certificate issued by contacting the Authority of the license issuing state, then why complicate things further for there inability.
This is the way how Dgca wants to fetch more money rather than paying more attention to training standards of the flying clubs in india,if those are improved why the hell students will have to go abroad n get license. Dgca should be concerned in proving jobs to current licensed pilots in market who are unemployed rather than making all these stupid rules …..
this is exactly a open secret to make money from students…as if indian standards above faa or jaa…first of all ther is no textbook to study in india from dgca…dont know what they follow in examinations..y cant it will be like a jaa or faa…each and every pilot has to take pilot examz when ever they want to like faa or jaa..and the results has to be given right ther…i know the above discussion is abt practicle standards thats accepted but 15 hours is too much it should be just as a check ride one night and a day…!!
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