ALPA India says , Earlier the validity of Indian CPL and ATPL licenses were limited to one year and subsequently validity was increased to Five years.
Now, there is a need to bring Indian Licensing standard at par with ICAO and License validity to be made indefinite , which is being followed by majority of regulators around the world.
On Tuesday , Airline Pilots’ Associaton of India 'ALPA' wrote to Indian Regulator DGCA , mainly on Two issues.
► Need of Pilot's licensing to be brought at par with ICAO recommendations & industry best practices.
► Licenses to be issued without an expiry date , validity of which is 5yrs at present.
ALPA India says, by doing so , it will also eliminate administrative process and reduce work load of the Indian Regulator.
ALPA also highlighted the step will be in line with indian Government's desire to "ease of doing business" and aligned to operators around the world.
