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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the civil aviation regulator, has set up three teams to carry out full-fledged audits of 40 institutions across the country from next week.
The teams, consisting of officials and independent experts, would begin inspection from April 18 and submit their reports within three months, official sources said on Monday.
Audit drive
During the audit drive, the DGCA teams will verify the flying hours logged with the log books of air traffic controllers, where the flying had taken place in controlled environment.
The consumption of aviation fuel by the flying schools and their fuel bills will also be checked to see if they match the flying hours clocked by the students.
The move follows the investigation into an incident of a captain from a private airline landing the aircraft on its nose wheel.
Forged mark sheets
DGCA found that the licence had been obtained by submitting forged marksheets of Airline Transport Pilot Licence examination.
Action
“Strongest possible action has been initiated against persons who have resorted to unfair methods and several systematic changes are being undertaken to see that such instances do not recur in future”, the Ministry said.
The regulator has commenced examination of all commercial pilot licence records issued till date and has found seven cases of submission of forged result cards till now.
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