Forged South African CPL
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Man arrested for forging SA commercial pilot's license
2014-04-08 10:10
Johannesburg - A Congolese national has appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrate Court on charges of forging a South African commercial pilot’s license.
His arrest follows an anonymous alert to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the 33-year-old man allegedly used the forged South African commercial pilot’s license to get a revalidation of a commercial pilot license which was issued by the Democratic Republic Congo's Civil Aviation Authority.
The man was arrested in Kempton Park whilst trying to conduct a simulator training in order to keep his fraudulent DRC-issued commercial pilot’s license valid.
“The SACAA is working closely with the DRC Civil Aviation Authority in order to ensure that this unscrupulous individual, and any other like him, does not get to sit in the cockpit anytime soon,” said SACAA’s Director of Civil Aviation, Poppy Khoza.
She added that they hoped he would face the full might of the law, so that any others considering similar offences can be aware of the dire consequences they would face.
If convicted, the accused could face a monetary penalty of up to R50 000, or a ten year imprisonment term, or both penalties.
According to Khoza, the SACAA’s dedicated personnel are doing laudable work in rooting out corruption and unethical behaviour in the civil aviation industry.
Ninety five cases were administered between January 2013 and March 2014 compared to 73 during the preceding calendar year and 32 in 2011.
Besides opening criminal cases against some of the culprits, lawbreakers were issued with penalty notices and warning letters, whilst some had their various licences, certi?cates or approvals suspended, or downgraded, or cancelled.
Culprits ranged from air traf?c controllers through to pilot’s licence holders, air operating certi?cate holders, aircraft maintenance organisations, aviation training schools, aircraft maintenance engineers, aviation security regulated agents, and airport licence holders.-+
Khoza appealed to members of the public and aviation industry to report any unbecoming civil aviation behaviour to the SACAA.
She further lauded the whistle-blower and many others who cooperate with the Authority in bringing these matters to the attention of the SACAA, adding that the SACAA will not tolerate any form of unethical conduct by any member of the aviation community.
"We truly relish the cooperation and would like to record our undertaking that the SACAA will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of preserving aviation safety and the lives of the flying public,” said Khoza.
Any tip-offs can be sent confidentially through the SACAA Tip-offs Anonymous facility:
2014-04-08 10:10
Johannesburg - A Congolese national has appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrate Court on charges of forging a South African commercial pilot’s license.
His arrest follows an anonymous alert to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the 33-year-old man allegedly used the forged South African commercial pilot’s license to get a revalidation of a commercial pilot license which was issued by the Democratic Republic Congo's Civil Aviation Authority.
The man was arrested in Kempton Park whilst trying to conduct a simulator training in order to keep his fraudulent DRC-issued commercial pilot’s license valid.
“The SACAA is working closely with the DRC Civil Aviation Authority in order to ensure that this unscrupulous individual, and any other like him, does not get to sit in the cockpit anytime soon,” said SACAA’s Director of Civil Aviation, Poppy Khoza.
She added that they hoped he would face the full might of the law, so that any others considering similar offences can be aware of the dire consequences they would face.
If convicted, the accused could face a monetary penalty of up to R50 000, or a ten year imprisonment term, or both penalties.
According to Khoza, the SACAA’s dedicated personnel are doing laudable work in rooting out corruption and unethical behaviour in the civil aviation industry.
Ninety five cases were administered between January 2013 and March 2014 compared to 73 during the preceding calendar year and 32 in 2011.
Besides opening criminal cases against some of the culprits, lawbreakers were issued with penalty notices and warning letters, whilst some had their various licences, certi?cates or approvals suspended, or downgraded, or cancelled.
Culprits ranged from air traf?c controllers through to pilot’s licence holders, air operating certi?cate holders, aircraft maintenance organisations, aviation training schools, aircraft maintenance engineers, aviation security regulated agents, and airport licence holders.-+
Khoza appealed to members of the public and aviation industry to report any unbecoming civil aviation behaviour to the SACAA.
She further lauded the whistle-blower and many others who cooperate with the Authority in bringing these matters to the attention of the SACAA, adding that the SACAA will not tolerate any form of unethical conduct by any member of the aviation community.
"We truly relish the cooperation and would like to record our undertaking that the SACAA will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of preserving aviation safety and the lives of the flying public,” said Khoza.
Any tip-offs can be sent confidentially through the SACAA Tip-offs Anonymous facility:
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My only question was 'Why was this guy in South Africa doing a revalidation test of a Congolese license?'
In DRC, about $500 US dollars to the right CAA inspector can get you anything you want on your licence, from IFR renewal to an A380 type rating.
In DRC, about $500 US dollars to the right CAA inspector can get you anything you want on your licence, from IFR renewal to an A380 type rating.
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Fake South African Licenses....
JTrain things are slowly changing in the DRC.....this pilot was in South Africa for a Sim Check on the 737-200 which he flys in DRC as Civil Aviation in DRC is now insisting that all Pilots undertake sim recurrency once a year to renew their licenses. During the course of this check the simulator instructor had serious doubts as to the ability of the candidate as he did not understand the basics of IFR flying. By checking his file he discovered his DRC license was issued on the basis of a South African license which upon contact with CAA it was discovered that the license actually belonged to a Nigerian Pilot with a different name - ie he had changed the license with his name. This is by NO means an isolated incident!!! I know of more than one other pilot using this same license with a different name in DRC.
Before Civil Aviation in DRC issues a license they do try to check the authenticity of the original license which is difficult in countries such as South Africa. Until South Africa makes the a decision for total transparency like the FAA does and makes ALL their Air Crew Licenses verifiable ONLINE this type of incident will continue to occur. Hat's off to the sim instructor who did not take things at face value - you just may have prevented a future accident!!!
Before Civil Aviation in DRC issues a license they do try to check the authenticity of the original license which is difficult in countries such as South Africa. Until South Africa makes the a decision for total transparency like the FAA does and makes ALL their Air Crew Licenses verifiable ONLINE this type of incident will continue to occur. Hat's off to the sim instructor who did not take things at face value - you just may have prevented a future accident!!!
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Indeed, these stuff should be available online, license, ratings, total hours as of last renewal and such stuff.
It will go a long way in cutting down fraudulent behaviour
It will go a long way in cutting down fraudulent behaviour
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The FAA system is great, licenses, ratings and medical. We don't put the hours on there which makes sense to me, trying to keep that somewhat current would be a HUGE pain in the arse, especially for pt91 operations
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I imported some of the aircraft into South Africa that appeared in this person's logbook. His logbook showed flights from 2006 and yet the aircraft were only imported in 2007 and first registration on the SA register was late 2007.
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Forging Pilot Licenses for personal gain and to write somebody else’s exam???
I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post this thread. If not I beg the moderators to forgive me and to move this thread to a more appropriate place on this forum.
See below SACAA statements:
Civil Aviation Authority secures first major conviction
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...%20aviator.pdf
Man arrested for forging a South African commercial license
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...%20license.pdf
This scares the living daylights out of me. If 2 people have been caught doing this this year, it makes me wonder how many people I am flying with up there with have forged licenses or with licences that somebody else wrote the exams for.
Then on the same page you get this statement:
Civil Aviation Authority concerned about recent spate of aircraft accidents
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...0accidents.pdf
Damn, I wonder why?!?!?!
Good on the SACAA for cracking down on these idiots. They need to do more. We all need to do more to stop this. We have enough bad drivers with forged/fake/bought licenses on our roads. Please lets please just keep them out of of the air.
See below SACAA statements:
Civil Aviation Authority secures first major conviction
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...%20aviator.pdf
Man arrested for forging a South African commercial license
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...%20license.pdf
This scares the living daylights out of me. If 2 people have been caught doing this this year, it makes me wonder how many people I am flying with up there with have forged licenses or with licences that somebody else wrote the exams for.
Then on the same page you get this statement:
Civil Aviation Authority concerned about recent spate of aircraft accidents
http://www.caa.co.za/Media%20Stateme...0accidents.pdf
Damn, I wonder why?!?!?!
Good on the SACAA for cracking down on these idiots. They need to do more. We all need to do more to stop this. We have enough bad drivers with forged/fake/bought licenses on our roads. Please lets please just keep them out of of the air.
