New Delhi: The overhaul of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)-conducted examinations for issuing pilots’ licences and their renewal is likely to see “minimalist human intervention”, reduced number of papers and preparation of a comprehensive question bank, the Civil Aviation Ministry has said.
The examination system for both the Commercial Pilot Licence and Airline Transport Pilot Licence is likely to turn online from July.
The examination process, being reviewed by an expert committee, is likely to suggest bringing down the total number of test papers from around eight at present to four.
”The entire examination system is being rationalised and the number of papers are being curtailed. The papers will be relevant to the job profile,” said a Civil Aviation Ministry official.
The panel will consult experts from the IIT and BITS Pilani — both institutes conduct online entrance tests. An Air India commander told The Indian Express that in the existing system, a number of papers are not relevant as technologies and avionics have changed considerably over the last few years.
In addition, the expert committee, announced by the government on Wednesday, will make recommendations on how to make the examination system secure, credible, efficient and in line with modern and best practices.
“The committee will examine introduction of electronic technology in the conduct of examinations and licensing procedure and processes and make recommendations for their improvement,” the ministry said in a release.
The ministry is trying to ensure “minimum human intervention” to minimise corruption, said the official, and admitted some of DGCA officials may be ‘involved’ in the licence racket.
The CBI and the Delhi Police are investigating the possibility of connivance of DGCA officials in the recent fake-marksheet-for-pilot-licence episode. Police have made a few arrests in this connection while some of the accused are on the run. The DGCA has also revoked licences of 14 CPL holders found guilty of fraud — all of which belonged to the Rajasthan State Flying School.
The government is in process of creating a wide-ranging question bank for these tests with professional help. The regulator has made considerable progress on this front and around 8,000 questions have been prepared, said the official.
”This bank will have the largest pool of questions running into several thousands. It will be checked for relevancy before being accepted,” the official said.
The ministry may monitor the progress in the examination system regularly once the record-keeping function in DGCA is fully automated.
The examination process, being reviewed by an expert committee, is likely to suggest bringing down the total number of test papers from around eight at present to four.
”The entire examination system is being rationalised and the number of papers are being curtailed. The papers will be relevant to the job profile,” said a Civil Aviation Ministry official.
The panel will consult experts from the IIT and BITS Pilani — both institutes conduct online entrance tests. An Air India commander told The Indian Express that in the existing system, a number of papers are not relevant as technologies and avionics have changed considerably over the last few years.
In addition, the expert committee, announced by the government on Wednesday, will make recommendations on how to make the examination system secure, credible, efficient and in line with modern and best practices.
“The committee will examine introduction of electronic technology in the conduct of examinations and licensing procedure and processes and make recommendations for their improvement,” the ministry said in a release.
The ministry is trying to ensure “minimum human intervention” to minimise corruption, said the official, and admitted some of DGCA officials may be ‘involved’ in the licence racket.
The CBI and the Delhi Police are investigating the possibility of connivance of DGCA officials in the recent fake-marksheet-for-pilot-licence episode. Police have made a few arrests in this connection while some of the accused are on the run. The DGCA has also revoked licences of 14 CPL holders found guilty of fraud — all of which belonged to the Rajasthan State Flying School.
The government is in process of creating a wide-ranging question bank for these tests with professional help. The regulator has made considerable progress on this front and around 8,000 questions have been prepared, said the official.
”This bank will have the largest pool of questions running into several thousands. It will be checked for relevancy before being accepted,” the official said.
The ministry may monitor the progress in the examination system regularly once the record-keeping function in DGCA is fully automated.
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