In a bid to prevent pilots from getting licences through fraudulent means, Civil Aviation regulator DGCA on Dec 3rd started for the first time its online examinations for pilot licences.
The examinations for both Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) and Airlines Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) would be conducted till December 9, a Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said.
The examination are held at seven centres in six cities across the country including two online centres in Mumbai. 2,192 candidates are expected to appear for CPL test and another 1,339 for ATPL exam, the DGCA official said.
DGCA chief E K Bharat Bhushan had told PTI that introduction of the online test system was part of efforts to modernise the examination system for pilots. This time even the registration of candidates for the examinations had been conducted online, the official said.
The DGCA has been reviewing its procedures for conducting pilots' tests after a chance probe earlier this year had found that unscrupulous elements had managed to procure licences after bending rules.
The government had after the probe started plugging loopholes in the examination and licencing system for pilots.
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