Japanese Airlines discover baggage car driver exam cheating

Thursday, February 22, 2024

ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines have disclosed that their subsidiaries permitted employees responsible for driving baggage cars and catering vehicles at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to engage in cheating during written driving license examinations.

A total of 78 drivers at ANA cheated on tests conducted by two subsidiaries between August 2022 and February 2024, Japan’s biggest airline said in a statement. That included invigilators allowing candidates to look at textbooks while taking their exams, it said.

The airline has allowed workers who took the test again under “appropriate circumstances” to resume their duties and vowed future exams will be undertaken appropriately, it said.

Meanwhile, JAL said it returned 11 drivers’ permits to authorities after discovering they cheated on tests conducted by two subsidiaries between May 2022 and January 2024. The company, which conducted an internal investigation after receiving a report from an employee, is no longer allowing online exams.

The airline reported the incident to the transport ministry and the civil aviation bureau, it said.

This year, Japan’s aviation sector has faced heightened scrutiny following several notable incidents. In January, a collision at Haneda resulted in the tragic death of five out of six crew members aboard a coast guard plane, which was struck by a JAL Airbus jet during landing. Shortly thereafter, a Korean Airlines aircraft collided with a stationary Cathay Pacific Airways jet at an airport in Sapporo, located on the country’s northern island.

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