Air India pilots bought fake licences; 57 others showed up for work drunk

Rick Westhead Toronto Star South Asia Bureau This week, Verma, who has flown for Air India since 1989, was exposed as a fraudster who obtained his job with India’s national carrier thanks to a forged commercial pilot’s licence that police say he bought for about $26,000.But what’s even more shocking and alarming than Verma’s prolonged scam is that he may not be the only fraudster at the controls of a jumbo jet. Police have arrested three other fake commercial pilots in recent weeks, and are on… (www.thestar.com) Más...