Pilots fibbed for quick promotions
By Li Xinran and Wang Weini |
September 9, 2010, Thursday
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PILOTS exaggerated or lied on their flying histories for a quick promotion to captain to earn much more money, an industry insider says.
"An eligible candidate to be a captain needs at least 2,500 flying hours," a pilot with Shenzhen Airlines told the Beijing Evening News.
According to the unidentified source, some of his peers falsified their hours in an attempt to become captain as early as possible because of the big difference in salary.
The crash late last month of a Henan Airlines passenger jet in the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang Province has raised concerns about flight safety and the fast growth of the nation's aviation sector. Forty-two people died in China's worst commercial air crash in nearly six years.
Shenzhen Airlines, the parent of Henan Airlines, hired many military pilots in recent years when faced with a shortage of qualified pilots and seeking to quickly expand in the domestic market.
The budget airline, headquartered on the grounds of Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province, gave credit to those ex-military personnel based on their personal logs.
"Some of them who have been discovered to give misleading information were likely to exaggerate the hours," the source told the newspaper.
Earlier media reports said about 200 pilots nationwide misrepresented their professional background, often exaggerating their hours of experience in piloting larger planes.
Some 103 of those pilots were with Shenzhen Airlines; they later accepted additional training for more hours of flight, the source added.
According to a press release yesterday on the website of General Administration of Civil Aviation, the industry watchdog, a total of 192 pilots were discovered with falsified flying histories during a review of pilot credentials in 2008.
Those pilots either had their licenses revoked or their flying hours halved. Or they were forced to accept supplementary flight training courses, according to the administration.
No other faulty resumes have been found since the review two years ago, the aviation administration said.
"An eligible candidate to be a captain needs at least 2,500 flying hours," a pilot with Shenzhen Airlines told the Beijing Evening News.
According to the unidentified source, some of his peers falsified their hours in an attempt to become captain as early as possible because of the big difference in salary.
The crash late last month of a Henan Airlines passenger jet in the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang Province has raised concerns about flight safety and the fast growth of the nation's aviation sector. Forty-two people died in China's worst commercial air crash in nearly six years.
Shenzhen Airlines, the parent of Henan Airlines, hired many military pilots in recent years when faced with a shortage of qualified pilots and seeking to quickly expand in the domestic market.
The budget airline, headquartered on the grounds of Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province, gave credit to those ex-military personnel based on their personal logs.
"Some of them who have been discovered to give misleading information were likely to exaggerate the hours," the source told the newspaper.
Earlier media reports said about 200 pilots nationwide misrepresented their professional background, often exaggerating their hours of experience in piloting larger planes.
Some 103 of those pilots were with Shenzhen Airlines; they later accepted additional training for more hours of flight, the source added.
According to a press release yesterday on the website of General Administration of Civil Aviation, the industry watchdog, a total of 192 pilots were discovered with falsified flying histories during a review of pilot credentials in 2008.
Those pilots either had their licenses revoked or their flying hours halved. Or they were forced to accept supplementary flight training courses, according to the administration.
No other faulty resumes have been found since the review two years ago, the aviation administration said.
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