KOCHI: The center intervened repeatedly in denying India’s first transgender pilot a flight permit, resulting in the aviation regulator now allowing it to fly. Kerala native to “get a new medical assessment”.
General Department of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to Adam Harry an email on Wednesday asking for “medical procedures” to be completed. The move comes two days after a July 11 letter from the Department of Unions on Social Justice and Empowerment of the aviation regulator called the denial of an earlier private pilot’s license to Harry. is “discriminatory”.
In 2019, Harry applied for a DGCA medical certificate so that his PPL, secured from South Africa, could be converted to DGCA standards to allow him to take a course at the Academy Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Technology at Thiruvananthapuram. However, the DGCA blocked his request for reasons of gender dysphoria (difference between his or her biological sex and gender identity) and hormone replacement therapy.
Harry, from Thiruvananthapuram, said he would comply with the DGCA’s requirements according to the letter sent on Wednesday, but continued his fight until the regulator provided specific guidance on licensing and separate medical standards for transgender applicants who want to become pilots.
“I received an email from DGCA and it seems positive. I will follow the instructions but my fight won’t stop even if my issues are resolved. This is because of the system. Discrimination will affect all transporters,” said Harry.
“There should be transgender-friendly policies in the aviation industry. Why do people have to give up their gender identity to fulfill their career dreams? I want the DGCA to avoid discrimination in the cockpit,” added Harry.
Harry confirmed that a petition planned in the Kerala high court on the matter will go ahead, adding that “the gene delivery system will completely change the carriers. beneficial like me, who aspire to fly.”
The DGCA asked Harry to apply for a name change because he used his now-defunct name (Aisha TS) to register for the DGCA in 2019 before his full gender transition. Adam Harry 2020 and registered on the Civil Aviation Administration Portal as “transgender”.
Harry took a course at Skyhawk Aviation in South Africa in 2016 to get a commercial pilot’s license but had to stop because his parents stopped supporting him financially after he revealed his gender identity on social media. . When he returned to Kerala in 2017 just to complete his PPL, he was locked in a room by his family for a year and they forced him to undergo conversion therapy to “cure” his sexual orientation. He then escaped and has since survived doing odd jobs.
General Department of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to Adam Harry an email on Wednesday asking for “medical procedures” to be completed. The move comes two days after a July 11 letter from the Department of Unions on Social Justice and Empowerment of the aviation regulator called the denial of an earlier private pilot’s license to Harry. is “discriminatory”.
In 2019, Harry applied for a DGCA medical certificate so that his PPL, secured from South Africa, could be converted to DGCA standards to allow him to take a course at the Academy Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Technology at Thiruvananthapuram. However, the DGCA blocked his request for reasons of gender dysphoria (difference between his or her biological sex and gender identity) and hormone replacement therapy.
Harry, from Thiruvananthapuram, said he would comply with the DGCA’s requirements according to the letter sent on Wednesday, but continued his fight until the regulator provided specific guidance on licensing and separate medical standards for transgender applicants who want to become pilots.
“I received an email from DGCA and it seems positive. I will follow the instructions but my fight won’t stop even if my issues are resolved. This is because of the system. Discrimination will affect all transporters,” said Harry.
“There should be transgender-friendly policies in the aviation industry. Why do people have to give up their gender identity to fulfill their career dreams? I want the DGCA to avoid discrimination in the cockpit,” added Harry.
Harry confirmed that a petition planned in the Kerala high court on the matter will go ahead, adding that “the gene delivery system will completely change the carriers. beneficial like me, who aspire to fly.”
The DGCA asked Harry to apply for a name change because he used his now-defunct name (Aisha TS) to register for the DGCA in 2019 before his full gender transition. Adam Harry 2020 and registered on the Civil Aviation Administration Portal as “transgender”.
Harry took a course at Skyhawk Aviation in South Africa in 2016 to get a commercial pilot’s license but had to stop because his parents stopped supporting him financially after he revealed his gender identity on social media. . When he returned to Kerala in 2017 just to complete his PPL, he was locked in a room by his family for a year and they forced him to undergo conversion therapy to “cure” his sexual orientation. He then escaped and has since survived doing odd jobs.
