DUBAI, July 3 — Etihad Airways is auditing its pilots with Pakistan-issued licenses, the Abu Dhabi airline said yesterday. Last month, Pakistan grounded 262 pilots amid suspicions they cheated on their examinations to operate aircraft, and the United Arab Emirates aviation regulator has said it...
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DUBAI, July 3 — Etihad Airways is auditing its pilots with Pakistan-issued licenses, the Abu Dhabi airline said yesterday. “We have worked closely with the General Civil Aviation Authority to verify the qualifications and licenses of the Pakistani pilots employed by Etihad,” an Etihad spokeswoman told Reuters.
The GCAA in a statement released earlier yesterday said it was reviewing its records to ensure no “suspicious licences issued by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority” had entered its system.
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