Indian arrests reveal corruption in granting of pilot licenses

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indian-arrests-reveal-corruption-in-granting-of-pilot-licenses/2011/04/13/AFTaIkvD_story.html

Pilots suspended in the past month worked for Air India and the private airlines SpiceJet and IndiGo, Gulati's employer.

"We have busted two organized gangs from six cities that ran this racket of fudging test marks and booked them for cheating and forgery," said Ashok Chand, deputy commissioner of police in New Delhi's crime department. "The pilots' licenses have been canceled, but the court has granted them bail."

Chand said the average bribe paid by aspiring pilots for a forged grade sheet was about $15,000. In India, cheating carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.