Air India pilots, crew slug it out at 30,000 ft

Source: Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Maharaja witnessed his first in-flight Mughal-e-Azam at 30,000 feet above sea level on Saturday, as two members of the cabin crew—one male and one female—slugged it out with the pilot and co-pilot.

Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, the airline staffers came to blows in the cockpit and galley of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 as the aircraft cruised over Pakistan en route to Delhi via Lucknow from Sharjah.

The cabin-vs-cockpit tiff originated on the ground in Sharjah itself and then turned into a full-blown fight once IC 884 took off soon after midnight.

The cabin crew alleged that pilots harassed a 24-year-old female colleague who later filed a molestation complaint against them with the cops after the flight landed in Delhi.

The pilots, on the other hand, accused a male flight purser of misconduct that seriously compromised flight safety, and said the accusation of molestation aimed to protect the complainant's purser friend—who has a commercial pilot licence (CPL)—from facing action.


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....I have to fly with these clowns occasionally when I have to travel to Lucknow.

...and just like them follow the magenta line.

If the pilot is an asshole, don't take him his coffee. Make sure the misconduct is on his part.

In the air, they are god. And necessarily so. What happens if he falls wrong and is knocked out?

There is indeed a copilot - but he's #2 for a reason.

Even in India, it's often known as the airline of last resort.

I would pay more to fly a real airline to India then fly IA.

I had $50 on the flight crew.

....

because they are the same nationality as these few fools.

a few months ago. Plane was grounded due to mechanical failure and he called our hotel room reaming husband out for changing reservation to catch another flight. Threatened us that he would not take off and make all passengers wait on the tarmac until we showed up at airport "I'm the boss, not Delta" Got to airport and Delta informed us that the plane was still grounded and we were not on passenger list and had no idea why he called us. Was extremely grateful we didn't have to fly with the dude.

the thought of these idiots slugging it out above my house doesn't put me at ease!