DGCA project to facilitate issuance of automated pilot licence

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 30

The phase I services of the e-Governance (eGCA) project, under which automated commercial pilot licences (CPLs) will be issued, was launched today, the aviation regulator announced in an official release.

In the release, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said rolling out of commercial pilot licences in the automated form would help in expediting the process of issuing these licences and would do away with manual handling and processing of applications. “With this roll out, almost 700 aspirant pilots would be benefited every year,” it added.

The phase I of the e-services was launched by Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola this afternoon in the presence of DGCA chief Arun Kumar and other senior officials of the regulator and the Aviation Ministry.

“With the launch, the issue of CPL-A with Flight Radio Telephony Operators Licence (FRTOL) and Instrument Rating has been automated,” it is said in the release.

The applicants would now be able to fill up their flying details through the portal of the DGCA, after getting registered. Subsequently, after getting the flying details verified by the chief flight instructors or deputy chief flight instructors, the applicants would be able to submit their applications for issuance of CPLs online to the DGCA, the release said.

“The DGCA would, after scrutiny of the application, issue licence in a plastic card form with QR code having all the necessary details,” it added.

Besides CPLs, Class 1 renewal medical assessment certificates will also be issued through the eGCA. “This will facilitate timely issue of medical assessment certificate to the aspirant pilots,” it said.

The eGCA project is being implemented with TCS as service provider and PWC as project management consultant. In subsequent phases, other services of the DGCA will also be automated.