Online pilot licence exam held today

Updated on: Monday, December 05, 2011

For the first time, examinations for pilot licences was held online on Dec 3.

The examinations for both Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) and Airlines Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) would be conducted till December 9, DGCA officials said.
 
It took place at seven centres in six cities across the country including two online centres in Mumbai. 2,192 candidates were expected to appear for CPL test and another 1,339 for ATPL exam, the officials said.
 
DGCA chief E K Bharat Bhushan told that introduction of the online test system was part of efforts to modernise the examination system for pilots.
 
This time even the registration of candidates for the examinations had been conducted online, the officials said.
 
The DGCA has been reviewing its procedures for conducting pilots' tests after a chance probe earlier this year had found that unscrupulous elements had managed to procure licences after bending rules.
 
The government had after the probe started plugging loopholes in the examination and licencing system for pilots.

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