RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has terminated three pilots and 50 cabin crews on accounts of fake academic credentials.

According to PIA spokesman, on the directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan, the national flag carrier after completing formal scrutiny process confirmed the academic credentials of three pilots and 50 cabin crews including males and females ‘Fake’. Consequently all of them have been removed from service on immediate basis.

Recorder Reporter adds from Lahore: In light of the proceedings of Supreme Court of Pakistan against fake-degree-holder pilots and fake-certificate-holder cabin crews, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Hassan Baig issued directives to suspend the licenses of referred pilots and cabin crews with immediate effect.

According to a CAA’s spokesperson here on Saturday, the Director General also issued directives to suspend the licenses of all those pilots and cabin crews who have not yet submitted their degrees and certificates. Their licenses will remain suspended till they submit their referred documents for verification. He also ordered to extend the defect liability period of all contractors of Islamabad International Airport for six months owing to their dissatisfactory performance. Earlier, he already had directed to extend the defect liability period of the contractor of boarding bridges of Islamabad Airport for one year because of their disappointing performance.