Vietnam grounds Pakistani pilots over licence concerns
29 June, 2020
Vietnam's aviation authority said on Mon (Jun 29) it had grounded all Pakistani pilots working for hometown airlines, amid concern from global regulators that some pilots might have been using "dubious" licences.
Pakistan said the other day it will ground 262 airline pilots whose credentials might have been falsified, after global airlines body system IATA said that irregularities within pilot licences at Pakistan International Airlines represent a good "serious lapse" safely controls.
"The head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) possesses ordered a suspension for all Pakistani pilots doing work for Vietnamese airlines," the CAAV explained in a assertion on Monday.
The suspension will be in effect until further notice from CAAV, it said, adding that the authority is coordinating with Pakistani authorities to review the pilots' profiles.
Vietnam had accredited 27 Pakistani pilots, and 12 of these were still active, as the other 15 pilots' contracts had expired or perhaps were inactive as a result of coronavirus pandemic, in line with the CAAV.
Of the 12 active pilots, 11 were doing work for spending plan airlines Vietjet Aviation and one for Jetstar Pacific, a unit of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.
Vietnam Airlines and Bamboo Airways were not using any pilots from Pakistan, the CAAV said.
Vietnamese airlines now have 1,260 pilots, with almost half of them holding foreign citizenship, according to the CAAV.
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