Vietnam Grounds Pakistani Pilots amid Concern over ‘Dubious’ Licences
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The suspension will likely be in impact till additional realize from CAAV, it stated, including that the authority is coordinating with Pakistani government to check the pilots’ profiles.
- Reuters Hanoi
- Remaining Up to date: June 29, 2020, 10:28 AM IST
Vietnam’s aviation authority stated on Monday it had grounded all Pakistani pilots operating for native airways, amid worry from world regulators that some pilots will have been the use of “doubtful” licences.
Pakistan stated final week it’ll floor 262 airline pilots whose credentials will have been falsified, after world airways frame IATA stated that irregularities present in pilot licences at Pakistan World Airways constitute a “severe lapse” in protection controls.
“The top of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has ordered a suspension for all Pakistani pilots operating for Vietnamese airways,” the CAAV stated in a commentary on Monday.
The suspension will likely be in impact till additional realize from CAAV, it stated, including that the authority is coordinating with Pakistani government to check the pilots’ profiles.
Vietnam had approved 27 Pakistani pilots, and 12 of them have been nonetheless energetic, whilst the opposite 15 pilots’ contracts had expired or have been inactive because of the coronavirus pandemic, consistent with the CAAV.
Of the 12 energetic pilots, 11 have been operating for finances airways Vietjet Aviation and one for Jetstar Pacific, a unit of the nationwide flag provider Vietnam Airways.
Vietnam Airways and Bamboo Airlines weren’t the use of any pilots from Pakistan, the CAAV stated.
Vietnamese airways lately have 1,260 pilots, with just about part of them maintaining international citizenship, consistent with the CAAV.
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