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Dishonest pilots pose threat to air safety
By Li Xinran |
September 6, 2010, Monday
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MORE than 200 pilots around the country were found to have cheated on their flying history during a nationwide scrutiny by China's aviation authority after a plane crash in Yichun of Heilongjiang Province killed 42 people on board.
A source with General Administration of Civil Aviation, the industry's watchdog, quoted an official review that 103 pilots with the Shenzhen Airlines, a domestic budget airline based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, had either lied about or exaggerated their personal background.
A senior executive of a private-owned domestic airline told China Business News that some of their pilots falsified their curriculum vitae because of frequent job-hopping while others were retired military aviators.
According to the same person, most of those pilots have been suspended from duty awaiting further assessment.
However, it might not be the pilots who lied and exaggerated only, the industry watchdog is checking ground engineers and air control staff for fear of their doing the same.
Li Jiaxiang, director of the general administration, vowed to rein in the country's fast-growing air sector at a video conference recently to ensure smooth development.
China's aviation industry soared 12 to 14 percent in annual sales revenue in recent years. Its top three domestic airlines accounted for almost half of the industry's profits globally.
A source with General Administration of Civil Aviation, the industry's watchdog, quoted an official review that 103 pilots with the Shenzhen Airlines, a domestic budget airline based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, had either lied about or exaggerated their personal background.
A senior executive of a private-owned domestic airline told China Business News that some of their pilots falsified their curriculum vitae because of frequent job-hopping while others were retired military aviators.
According to the same person, most of those pilots have been suspended from duty awaiting further assessment.
However, it might not be the pilots who lied and exaggerated only, the industry watchdog is checking ground engineers and air control staff for fear of their doing the same.
Li Jiaxiang, director of the general administration, vowed to rein in the country's fast-growing air sector at a video conference recently to ensure smooth development.
China's aviation industry soared 12 to 14 percent in annual sales revenue in recent years. Its top three domestic airlines accounted for almost half of the industry's profits globally.
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