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Final Up to date: January 23, 2023, 17:43 IST
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Earlier this month, Air India issued show-cause notices to the Pilot-in-Command and 4 crew members of the flight
Cabin crew physique, All India’s Cabin Crew Affiliation (AICCA), on Monday demanded that the airline ought to roll again the de-rostering of the crew that operated the New York- Delhi flight the place a male passenger allegedly urinated on a feminine co-passenger final November.
Earlier this month, Air India issued present trigger notices to the Pilot-in-Command and 4 crew members of the flight and derostered them pending investigation.
For varied violations associated to the urination incident onboard the flight on November 26, 2022, aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Air India, a Rs three lakh effective on the airline’s director of inflight providers, and likewise suspended the pilot-in-command’s license for 3 months.
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Towards this backdrop, the All India Cabin Crew Affiliation (AICCA) has demanded that the crew involved ought to be rostered for responsibility once more.
“The AICCA has perused the DGCA press notice on the Al-102 (26/11/22) and famous with deep remorse the unusually harsh punishment on the Pilot-in-Command.
“The AICCA locations on report that each one the crew and pilots acted judiciously, inside the regulation and in the very best pursuits of the security, safety, and well-being of all of the passengers and crew on the flight,” it mentioned in an announcement.
In accordance with the affiliation, the info of the case are nonetheless being seemed into by the Delhi Police, court docket DGCA, and “we might not wish to prejudge them”.
“The affiliation might be guided by its authorized advisors within the matter. We demand that our derostered crew at the moment are rostered again on flights,” it mentioned.
Final week, reviews mentioned that Air India’s prime administration was knowledgeable concerning the incident hours after the New York-Delhi flight landed within the nationwide capital.
“Our consideration can also be drawn to the press reviews and extracts of the Inner Complaints Committee that are incredulous and flawed. There isn’t a seat 9B on the Air India 777-300 ER and our (15) crew and (4) Pilots didn’t personally seem earlier than the ICC committee to depose earlier than them both,” the affiliation claimed.
“That report, which has been submitted to DGCA, additionally respectfully, appears based mostly on flawed info and incorrect assumptions and therefore a nullity,” it alleged.
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