Civil Aviation Authority suspends licences of 12 pilots

The Civil Aviation Authority suspended on Friday the licences of 12 pilots because over their failure to abide the law.   

They have been ordered to return their original Airline Transport Pilot Licence to the CAA.

During the verification of Personnel Licensing Examination record, there were certain anomalies regarding the ATPL qualification of these pilots. Seven pilots belong to PIA, one each for Air Blue, Serene Air and Shaheen Air International.

Ali Hassan Yazdani, Muhammad Uzair, Saqlain Akhtar, Syed Saleem Ali, Talha Ahmed Khan, Waseem Akhtar, Yahya Mussawar, M Jawad Mirza, Nameed Masood Khan, Najeebur Rehman Baloch, S Mustafa Rizvi and S Sibtain Rizvi.

Interestingly, Khan is a former Army officer,while Baloch and Mustafa Rizvi are former PAF officers.

A show cause notice has been issued to them and they have been directed to respond in a week. “Failure to respond within stipulated time shall be presumed as you have no evidence to defend yourself and an ex-parte disciplinary action would be initiated for cancellation/withdrawal of your licence,” reads the notice.

Article source: https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/01/civil-aviation-authority-suspends-licences-of-12-pilots/