RAWALPINDI – A civil court has temporarily restricted a private ride-hailing service, from calling its drivers ‘Captains’ in wake of a petition filed by an airline pilot who felt ‘ashamed’ of sharing his job title with people.
Report of Dawn stated that an airline pilot, Labeeb Ahmed, has approached a Rawalpindi court seeking to remove the title for the driver of Careem – a private online taxi service.
Humiliated jokes had shattered my confidence as ‘real’ pilots achieved the title after rigorous education and obtaining a commercial pilot license from the Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan, the man said in a petition.
The complainant also argued that the ‘designated title’ of captain should either be reserved for an aviation pilot or for a third-ranked officer [commissioned officer] of the Armed Forces.
Following the bizarre plea, Civil Judge Rao Ejaz Ahmed Awan temporarily barred the company to not use the title until the next hearing and also sought a response from the zonal manager of the ride-hailing service by July 31.
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