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India: kickbacks at high altitude

New Delhi, India - 25 pilots with corrupt licences

Several months ago, we talked about a debate opened by the India Security Aviation Agency concerning the Indian pilots with poor English to whom the licence was suspended, read here. Today, the "Times of India" has disclosed the result of an investigation about Indian airlines: currently, 25 pilots in service in India would have purchased their licence, or the conversion of the original. According...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081710
Rome, Italy, 11/07/2007 17:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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