New Delhi: Those driving on Indian streets often fly into a road rage but these days, incidents of pilots getting into fights in the cockpit have become a reason for growing concern. The reason is rivalry, say sources, especially among pilots of airlines like Air India and Indian Airlines and Jet Airways and JetLite, both of whom are in the midst of a merger. Most of the tussles are over seniority levels and salary, with pilots filing anonymous complaints against one another. These complaints have been made both to the DGCA and internally .
The most sensational charge came from a commander this month, who accused his co-pilot of engaging in an intimate encounter on a long-haul flight. He alleged that the co-pilot left the cockpit to take a rest, but changed into civvies and was found cozying up to a lady friend in the economy section.
Top officials of the airline -which is Indian -have been getting SMSs about this `incident', but neither the commander nor crew has lodged a formal complaint. "There is no basis on which we can take action against the co-pilot in question or even start a probe into the incident," says a senior official. Those in charge believe the commander could have floated this allegation to harm the co-pilot's reputation.
26/10/14 Saurabh Sinha/Economic Times
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The most sensational charge came from a commander this month, who accused his co-pilot of engaging in an intimate encounter on a long-haul flight. He alleged that the co-pilot left the cockpit to take a rest, but changed into civvies and was found cozying up to a lady friend in the economy section.
Top officials of the airline -which is Indian -have been getting SMSs about this `incident', but neither the commander nor crew has lodged a formal complaint. "There is no basis on which we can take action against the co-pilot in question or even start a probe into the incident," says a senior official. Those in charge believe the commander could have floated this allegation to harm the co-pilot's reputation.
26/10/14 Saurabh Sinha/Economic Times
