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Two Air India pilots suspended for allowing actress inside cockpit
Again pilots from the same country..
think its cool and macho.. to let unauthorised personnel into the cockpit.. how can people take these guys seriously in aviation. i am waiting for the photos.. haha.. superstars
Two Air India pilots suspended for allowing actress inside cockpit
Two Air India pilots have been suspended after they allowed a south Indian actress to sit inside the cockpit mid-air on a Bangalore-Hyderabad flight in flagrant violation of safety norms.
"Both pilots have been suspended and taken off the roster. An inquiry is going on," airline officials said, adding that the matter came to light after a passenger lodged a complaint with the airline. The pilots have been identified as Jagan M Reddy and S Kiran.
Aviation regulator DGCA has taken a serious view of the incident which took place last month, official sources said on Thursday.
While both the pilots were suspended by the national carrier pending an internal inquiry, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is conducting a thorough probe into the "flagrant violation of passenger safety norms," they said.
In his complaint, the passenger said the actress was allowed into the cockpit when the plane was mid-air. She had occupied the observer's seat during the flight, which is reserved for examiners and observers authorized by DGCA.
With quite a few such incidents coming to fore in the past months, the DGCA is considering amending its rules to impose harsher penalties on the cockpit crew, the sources said, adding that cockpit entry by a passenger is completely prohibited since the 9/11 terror strike.
In May, the pilot of an Air India flight from Delhi to Bangalore got locked out of the cockpit as the door got jammed, resulting in the co-pilot making an emergency landing in Bhopal.
In April, two stewardesses were inside the cockpit for nearly 45 minutes as one of the two pilots had taken a long break.
The Times of India.. 18/07/2013
think its cool and macho.. to let unauthorised personnel into the cockpit.. how can people take these guys seriously in aviation. i am waiting for the photos.. haha.. superstarsTwo Air India pilots suspended for allowing actress inside cockpit
Two Air India pilots have been suspended after they allowed a south Indian actress to sit inside the cockpit mid-air on a Bangalore-Hyderabad flight in flagrant violation of safety norms.
"Both pilots have been suspended and taken off the roster. An inquiry is going on," airline officials said, adding that the matter came to light after a passenger lodged a complaint with the airline. The pilots have been identified as Jagan M Reddy and S Kiran.
Aviation regulator DGCA has taken a serious view of the incident which took place last month, official sources said on Thursday.
While both the pilots were suspended by the national carrier pending an internal inquiry, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is conducting a thorough probe into the "flagrant violation of passenger safety norms," they said.
In his complaint, the passenger said the actress was allowed into the cockpit when the plane was mid-air. She had occupied the observer's seat during the flight, which is reserved for examiners and observers authorized by DGCA.
With quite a few such incidents coming to fore in the past months, the DGCA is considering amending its rules to impose harsher penalties on the cockpit crew, the sources said, adding that cockpit entry by a passenger is completely prohibited since the 9/11 terror strike.
In May, the pilot of an Air India flight from Delhi to Bangalore got locked out of the cockpit as the door got jammed, resulting in the co-pilot making an emergency landing in Bhopal.
In April, two stewardesses were inside the cockpit for nearly 45 minutes as one of the two pilots had taken a long break.
The Times of India.. 18/07/2013
Two Air India pilots suspended for allowing actress inside cockpit
What is exactly the problem ? Was said actress connected to terrorist cells ? Did she have a platinum al-Qaida membership ? There was a time - not so ancient - where this type of behavior was just nice customer service !
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I've said it before and I say it again , the level of stupidity of these ex Indair guys never fails to amaze. And this from an airline that claims it has some of the best A320 flyboys in the world. Maybe they should incorporate a subject called "common sense" into their training curriculum.
