Staff Reporter Karachi
The aviation authorities on Thursday decided to present a summary before the federal cabinet for getting approval of a new licencing system for pilots in order to end irregularities in the issuance of aviate licences on Thursday.
Important progress was made in replacing the licencing system with the United Kingdom (UK)-like system for the examination and issuance of licences to pilots. It has been decided to present a summary before the federal cabinet members to approve the new licensing system, sources said. The British system for conducting pilots’ examinations and other processes will make the licences of Pakistani pilots acceptable all around the world.
Besides maintaining transparency, the new system will also assist Pakistan to remove concerns of ICAO alongside raising the standards of pilots’ licences issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
According to CAA, the pilots’ examination and the licencing system will be linked to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) bio-metric system.
Pakistan is in talking with the British Civil Aviation Authority to adopt a system to ensure transparency in licencing and examinations of pilots.
