Supreme Court Takes Notice of PIA Employees With Fake Educational Documents

[Abbas Ali]

PIA has restored names of 25 flight attendants on duty roster after submission of educational documents by them.

They were among 100 flight attendants who had been grounded by the airline for not submitting documents.

Educational documents of all flight attendants will go through verification process and those who submitted fake documents will be fired.

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Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

The aircraft crew with fake educational documents are mostly females.

https://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPup ... e=20181018

Abbas

[ammad]

Dear PIA CEO. It;s time to get rid of all fake degree holders.

[Pakistan-1]

Everyone with fake documentation of any kind should be thrown in jail, nobody is above the law!

[ammad]

Ideally degree verification should be done at every government institute. Meaning weather it is Steel mill, police, railway, CAA, bureaucracy, post office, e.t.c. no one on fake degree should be working.

[Pakistan-1]

And the ones with fake degrees should be thrown in jail

[Abbas Ali]

According to a newspaper report:

102 cabin crew members with fake educational identified.

41 cabin crew members (29 females + 12 males) sacked by the airline.

61 cabin crew members (28 females + 33 males) remain in service with the airline because they have taken stay orders from the courts.

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Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

PIA officers directed to submit educational documents, domicile and experience certificates by November 2.

https://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPup ... e=20181102

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[Abbas Ali]

Today, a three-member bench of Supreme Court was informed that PIA has a total of 1,864 cabin crew and 498 pilots.

73 cabin crew and 14 pilots have been identified with fake degrees and show cause notices have been issued to them.

The court remarked that instead of issuing show cause notices, proceedings should be initiated against crew with fake educational documents.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) informed the court that licences of crew with fake documents have been suspended. The Supreme Court was also informed that crew with fake educational documents have taken stay orders from courts. Does it mean PIA is paying salary to crew with fake educational documents also?

PIA informed that court that crew with fake educational documents has been stopped from performing duty.

The Supreme Court sought details of these cases from lower courts.

The court questioned why the process of crew's educational documents verification has not been completed despite the passage of one year.

The court expressed disappointment over the performance of PIA and CAA on this matter.



Heads of Pakistani airlines, CAA and educational institutes verifying educational documents have been asked to appear before the court in next hearing of the case.

The hearing of case has been adjourned till December 24.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to a report submitted by Pakistan CAA at the Supreme Court.

Number of aircraft crew with fake educational documents are:

46 in PIA
6 in Serene Air
3 in airblue
2 in Shaheen Air

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Progress report up to December 3 submitted by Pakistan CAA at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.




Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Pilots: 498
Received Degrees/Certificates: 449
Not Received: 37

Cabin Crew: 1864
Received Degrees/Certificates: 1645
Not Received: 146

Pilots
Received certificates/degrees: 1184
Verified: 807
Bogus: 3
Verification awaited: 374

Cabin Crew
Received certificates/degrees: 5261
Verified: 2728
Bogus: 43
Verification awaited: 2490



Shaheen Air International (SAI)

Pilots: 174
Cabin Crew: 539

Pilots
Received Degrees/Certificates: 442
Verified: 256
Bogus: 2
Verification awaited: 139

Cabin Crew
Received Degrees/Certificates: 1005
Verified: 777
Verification awaited: 228



airblue Limited

Pilots: 98
Cabin Crew: 251

Pilots
Received Degrees/Certificates: 181
Verified: 105
Bogus: 2
Verification awaited: 74

Cabin Crew
Received Degrees/Certificates: 390
Verified: 283
Verification awaited: 107



Serene Air

Pilots: 50
Cabin Crew: 117

Pilots
Received Degrees/Certificates: 102
Verified: 80
Verification awaited: 22

Cabin Crew
Received Degrees/Certificates: 277
Verified: 219
Bogus: 5
Tampered: 1
Verification awaited: 52

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Cases will be filed against employees who submitted fake educational documents/degrees, according to Pakistan CAA.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

SC reprimands CAA, PIA over delay in degrees’ verification

Syed Sabeehul Hussnain

December 19, 2018

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the poor performance of the Civil Aviation Authority and the Pakistan International Airline for not taking substantive steps for verification of degrees of pilots and other staff.

The top court has also observed that no concrete steps have been taken so far regarding verification of degrees and only unwarranted adjournments were sought. The top court has also expressed disappointment over lethargy of institutions for not verifying the degrees referred by CAA.

“We express displeasure and dismay over the poor and unsatisfactory performance of the management of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Pakistan International Airline (PIA) as no concrete steps have been taken so far to verify the educational degrees of the pilots and cabin crew of the airlines,” observed the written order.

The written order has been issued in the matter regarding re-verification of degrees of the pilots, cabin-crew and employees of CAA. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar had heard the case on December 7.

“We have only received unnecessary details in this regard and unwarranted adjournments,” the order observed. “We are also disappointed with the institutions, to whom the aforementioned degrees/certificates have been sent by CAA but have till date failed to verify such degrees,” it added.

The top court has directed the heads of PIA, CAA and all those degree verifying institutions, before which degrees/certificates are pending verification, to appear in-person before this court on the next date of hearing without fail.

“The details of the employees against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated and the stage thereof also be intimated to this Court,” the top court further directed. “Besides, the details of the cases pending adjudication before any legal forum in this regard be submitted in the office within one week and office shall requisition all those cases so that they may be examined by this Court which shall decide whether they ought to be decided by this Court or appropriate orders for early disposal be passed,” it added.

The top court has also issued notices to Attorney General for Pakistan, Advocates General of all provinces, Chairman Higher Education Commission, All the concerned Vice Chancellors and Chairpersons of Universities and Boards, Director General CAA, provincial Higher Education Commissions’ chairmen, provincial secretaries of education department, heads of PIA, Shaheen Airline, Air Blue Airline and Serene Airline.

According to the order, all the above-mentioned persons are required to appear in person on next date of hearing fixed for December 24 in Islamabad.

Besides appearance, they are also directed to strictly comply with the above said order.

In May this year, a report of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) submitted in the top court had revealed that 24 pilots and 67 cabin-crews have fake degrees out of which 17 pilots have already left the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airline (PIA),

It added that PIA submitted list of 451 pilots and 29172 cabin-crews to CAA wherein it was pointed out that as per their verification, 24 pilots and 67 cabin-crews have fake degrees.

Out of 24 fake degrees holder pilots, the report stated, 5 pilots have obtained stay orders from Sindh High Court (SHC) by filing suits, 1 has obtained stay order from Civil Judge 1st Class Islamabad West.

Out of total pilots of 451, at present, the degrees/certifications of 319 have been verified and found to be genuine by PIA. The certificates/degrees of 124 pilots are under process.

“There are 7 pilots with bogus degrees who are working because of the stay orders passed by courts in their favour,” the report added.

CAA said that the private airlines including Shaheen Air International, Air Blue Limited, Serene Air requested the time to verify degrees of their pilots and cabin-crew as they stated that they had never done this exercise before.

“The CAA’s Committee directed them through letters that this exercise needs to be completed within one month positively,” CAA stated adding that the moment the committee receives the verification letters those will be re-verified from the concerned educational institutions.

Report stated that CAA’s Committee has collected the data of pilots and cabin-crew from the private airlines wherein Shaheen Air International Limited has 171 pilots and 573 cabin-crews, Air Blue Limited has 104 pilots and 257 cabin-crews and Serene Air has 41 pilots and 70 cabin-crews.

“CAA’s Committee has sent the data of 2451 persons received from these three airlines and for re-verification.”

CAA has initiated action against fake degree holder pilots by issuing show cause notices for cancellation of licenses so as to meet the ends of natural justice that no one should be condemned unheard.

CAA has sent data for re-verification of almost 2/3rd of staff. There are 3667 pilots and cabin-crew of all the four airlines. The committee has sent data for re-verification of 2451.The committee has received the information that 67 cabin-crew having fake degrees.

Colleges/Boards are demanding fee/charges from CAA for verification which in opinion of Authority is unjust and the said institutions have already completed the exercise.

Source: The Nation

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources:



PIA has suspended twenty more flight attendants for submitting bogus matriculation certificates. Pakistan CAA had reported their fake educational documents.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to PIA spokesperson:

More than thirty flight attendants due to their bogus/fake educational documents reported by Pakistan CAA.

The grounded flight attendants will not be allowed to perform duty on airline's domestic and international flights.

The process of verifying educational documents of cockpit and cabin crew is ongoing.

Abbas