After the recent plane crash, daunting aspects have been revealed about the corruption in PIA. Most of the pilots in PIA had fake certificates to fly. Amid this pandemic where most of the European countries have not allowed Pakistani citizens to enter their countries yet, it is another daunting news that now PIA will not be able to fly to European countries. The suspension is temporary but the suspension can be followed with a permanent suspension, that would drown PIA for good. A draft has been presented in which people from JULY can visit European countries and Pakistan has not been in the list of those countries. The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) told PIA that they have no confidence remaining in PIA, additionally because most of the Pilots are not qualified.
According to the survey of government, at least 262 out of 860 active pilots have possessed fake licenses or cheated in the exams. Additionally, more than half of these pilots belong to PIA. 141 out of its 434 pilots will be immediately grounded. Pakistan international airlines, were once called by Jacky Kennedy, the wife of the late President of United States, “great people to fly with”, and that was the main slogan of the catchphrase of the airline. But PIA has devolved its reputation and it is getting worse for PIA every other day. Pakistan People’s party recruited various people in PIA on the basis of their political connections, and that is the reason why it has been termed as the greatest corruption in the history of Pakistan, and this corruption will infact drown PIA forever and it will be hard for PIA to step it up its game again.
