PIA sacks pilots, cabin crew having fake degrees

PIA sacks pilots, cabin crew having fake degrees

Islamabad (Staff Report): Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) management has terminated services of pilots and cabin crew having fake degrees.

According to PIA spokesperson, three pilots and 50 cabin crew members have been dismissed from service on the ground that they had acquired their jobs on fake degrees.

Meanwhile, Director General Civil Aviation Authority, Hassan Baig has issued directives to suspend the licenses of all those pilots and cabin crews who have not submitted their degrees and certificates for verification.

“Their licenses will remain suspended till they submit their referred documents for verification,” read an official statement.

The directives, the communique added, were issued in view of the proceedings of Supreme Court of Pakistan against fake degree holder pilots and fake certificate holder cabin crews.