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Old 18th Feb 2008, 12:28
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BelArgUSA
 
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Bombay - Mumbai

Long ago, in the days the city was still named "Bombay"... The 1980s...
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I was flying a DC8-63F cargo plane, US operator, ACMI for Air India.
My F/O was PNF, and was on R/T during approach and landing.
An argument started while we were clearing the active runway for taxi.
This, between my F/O and the control tower.
My F/O was accused to "make fun" of the Indian accent.
Would the captain report to the airport ATCO office.
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We went to the office, the three of us...
It so happen that my F/O's was named R. Patel, born in India.
He had been for a few years in the US, but still had an Indian accent.
Lucky that Patel was not Muslim, and the Bombay ATCO was not a Sikh.
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