The Supreme Court was on Wednesday informed that the academic degrees of 16 pilots and 65 crew members had been found fake during scrutiny, a private TV channel reported. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar heard the case pertaining to verification of degrees of pilots and cabin crew members. The chief justice had taken notice of alleged appointment of pilots holding fake qualifications in January last year. “Except for six degrees all others have been verified. The six degrees that have not been verified belong to those who are abroad,” the counsel for CAA informed the court. “Degrees of 16 pilots and 65 cabin crew members were found fake and their licenses have been suspended,” he added. “It appears that the action is being taken in haste over the court order,” the chief justice remarked. “We do not want to halt anyone’s source of income. At this, a pilot present in the courtroom whose license was also suspended said, “My degree is not fake but my license has also been suspended.” The chief justice remarked, “If anyone has any issues, they should approach the relevant forum.”
Published in Daily Times, January 10th 2019.
