Many Chinese Pilots Fake Their Credentials

China has earned a dubious reputation for being the source of unsafe, fake, and counterfeit products.
Many Chinese Pilots Fake Their Credentials
Chinese firefighters search the cockpit of the Henan Airlines ERJ-190 jet wreckage at the crashsite in the northeast city of Yichun in remote Heilongjiang province early on August 25, 2010. A large number of Chinese pilots falsify their flight credentials in order to land better jobs. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Chinese firefighters search the cockpit of the Henan Airlines ERJ-190 jet wreckage at the crashsite in the northeast city of Yichun in remote Heilongjiang province early on August 25, 2010. A large number of Chinese pilots falsify their flight credentials in order to land better jobs. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Sophia Fang
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Sophia Fang is a U.S.-based freelance writer for The Epoch Times.