'Make informed decisions': DGCA cautions students headed abroad for pilot training

NEW DELHI: India has sounded a caution for students headed overseas for aviator training. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a announcement for specified students and their parents that it “has nary relation oregon work successful the regulation, oversight, quality, advancement oregon completion of aviator grooming undertaken astatine organisations/ institutions situated overseas and approved by different states (countries)”.“Any issues arising retired of grooming delays, interruption of training, non-completion of flying hours, alteration successful grooming schedule, oregon immoderate administrative delays astatine specified overseas based grooming organizations are the matters solely betwixt the pupil and the acrophobic instauration and DGCA India has nary relation of immoderate benignant successful this. Refund of fees, fiscal disputes, alteration successful presumption of training, oregon immoderate contractual disagreements betwixt the pupil and the overseas based grooming organizations are extracurricular the purview of DGCA,” the announcement says.“DGCA shall not beryllium liable oregon liable for immoderate accident, incident, safety, injury, security assertion oregon nonaccomplishment occurring during the people of grooming abroad. 5. Before enrolling for aviator grooming extracurricular India, students are powerfully advised to behaviour owed diligence astatine their level connected the FTO’s approvals, information record, grooming quality, fees, refund policy, and contract/agreement terms,” it adds portion advising students and their parents/ guardians “to workout owed caution and marque informed decisions.

”India enables conversion of aviator licenses issued by different ICAO contracting states into Indian aviator licenses. “To avail this provision, a fig of Indian nationals (students) enrol themselves each twelvemonth to overseas based Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) approved by acrophobic State’s Civil Aviation Authorities, for undertaking aviator grooming courses.”