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Air India co-pilot beats up captain inside cockpit
Amid rising aviation safety concerns over pilots' mental health, an Air India aircraft's cockpit witnessed some tense scenes between the captain and his deputy at Jaipur on Sunday evening just before the Airbus A-320 was to take off for Delhi. (m.timesofindia.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Just what the industry needs after Eurowings, more trouble on the flight deck.
Oops 'East'
Didn't this same fight in the pointy end happen just two months ago in Madras? No wonder pilots don't show up for AI recruiting open house.
Management needs to gets both oars in the water and pull at the same time. There is no excuse for allowing an atmosphere where this is the end result.
Management needs to gets both oars in the water and pull at the same time. There is no excuse for allowing an atmosphere where this is the end result.
Air India's crews have experienced tension when a lower caste Captain gives orders to an FO or Purser from a higher caste. The Captain should be sensitive to Indian societal norms and suitably deferential in making his request.
The ancient caste system, together with other oriental systems and some religeous practices, have no place anywhere in aviation, let alone the cockpit. As a former military flying instructor I've had to ground students who were observing Ramadam.
I only fly with airlines of the modern western world.
I only fly with airlines of the modern western world.
I am in total agreement with you.
A friend in the Middle Rast was instructing members of the royal family. A great deal of pressure was placed on my friend to pass the students irrespective of their avoation skills. There is no room for politics, cultural sensitivities or the Asian custom of 'saving face' in aviation. The sooner those people are terminated, the better.
A friend in the Middle Rast was instructing members of the royal family. A great deal of pressure was placed on my friend to pass the students irrespective of their avoation skills. There is no room for politics, cultural sensitivities or the Asian custom of 'saving face' in aviation. The sooner those people are terminated, the better.
HELL NO!! The captain has four bars and the FO has but three for a reason, regardless of caste/culture that very fact must be respected by all. Plain and simple.