Lahore (Daily Pakistan Online): The licenses of seven pilots and one air hostess of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been revoked.
According to private TV Geo News, a spokesman for the Aviation Division said that the pilots whose licenses were revoked included five first officers and three captains. Aviation Division spokesman Abdul Sattar Khokhar said all the seven pilots and one airhostess whose licenses had been revoked had commercial pilot licenses.
The pilots whose licenses have been revoked include Capt. Yahya Musur Sandila, Capt. Ali Hassan Yazdani and Capt. Talha Ahmad Khan, besides First Officers Thaqleen Akhtar, Muhammad Aziz Javed, Wasim Akhtar and Syed Saleem Ali. Air hostess Shumaila Majeed's commercial pilot license has also been revoked.
According to the spokesperson of the Aviation Division, all the licenses have been revoked due to the use of illegal means in the written examination. A spokesman for the Aviation Division said that the licenses of 93 PIA pilots have been suspended due to suspicion and they are being investigated while 34 pilots have been issued show cause notices. On the other hand, PIA spokesman Says that under the airline's established policy, all pilots who obtain licenses from the wrong sources will be fired immediately.
