Fake Pilot License

The Rajasthan Flying School is emerging as the epicentre of the fake pilot racket. It ran inside the Jaipur airport for 30 years till 2008 from two meagre rooms and one old aircraft. The shutdown came in 2008 because the aircraft was grounded.With such scant resources, how did it train so many students for so many years?  From fake flights to ...

With the arrest of Spice Jet pilots Amit Mundra and Ajay Chaudhary in Jaipur who, on paper, faked 200 hours of flying experience, mandatory to fly commercial, the number of 'fake' pilots in Indian skies has risen to 17. Amit and Ajay are 2005 batch trainees of the Rajasthan Flying Club. ''There was a conspiracy between these pilots and the Raj...

The Rajasthan Flying School is emerging as the epicentre of the fake pilot racket. It ran inside the Jaipur airport for 30 years till 2008 from two meagre rooms and one old aircraft. The shutdown came in 2008 because the aircraft was grounded.With such scant resources, how did it train so many students for so many years?  From fake flights to ...

With the arrest of Spice Jet pilots Amit Mundra and Ajay Chaudhary in Jaipur who, on paper, faked 200 hours of flying experience, mandatory to fly commercial, the number of 'fake' pilots in Indian skies has risen to 17. Amit and Ajay are 2005 batch trainees of the Rajasthan Flying Club. ''There was a conspiracy between these pilots and the Raj...