DGCA issues clarifications over allegations of ‘denying’ pilot license to transgender

NEW DELHI: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued a clarification on reports of Adam Harry, India’s first trans pilot from Kerala, who has been declared ‘unfit’ by the regulator on medical grounds.
The DGCA has issued a statement, undersigned by YS Dahiya, Group Captain, Directorate of Medical Services (Civil Aircrew), which clarified that Harry has never been denied a commercial pilot’s licence by DGCA.
In fact, the aviation watchdog said there are no restrictions on transgender people in obtaining a license, subject to the individual ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of age, educational qualifications, medical fitness, and knowledge experience among others as specified in Aircraft Rules, 1937.