Woman in cockpit: The Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show-cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson and head of the flight safety for the airline’s lapses in reporting the incident of a pilot who allowed his feminine good friend contained in the cockpit. The incident occurred on February 27 when a pilot of the Dubai-Delhi flight allowed his feminine good friend in the cockpit. A cabin crew member of the flight had filed a grievance with the DGCA concerning the Dubai-Delhi flight incident.
As per the report, the show-cause notice by the DGCA has additionally been issued to the Tata Group-owned airline’s Head of Safety, Security and Quality Functions Henry Donohoe.
Show-cause notices issued to the Air India CEO, the head of flight safety
The show-cause notices had been issued to the Air India CEO and the head of flight safety on April 21 for not doing well timed reporting of the incident to DGCA, which is in violation of the regulator’s safety directions, the senior official on the DGCA advised PTI on Sunday.
There was a delay in investigating the incident too. The official additional knowledgeable that each the officers have been requested to reply to the show-cause notices in 15 days.
Incident occurred on Feb 27
According to sources, “the actual incident occurred on February 27 and it was reported by confidential mail to Campbell and Donohoe on March 3. The first enquiry was conducted by the DGCA on April 21 while Air India had not done any enquiry before that.”
It could also be recalled that earlier this 12 months Air India was slapped with a fantastic of Rs 30 lakh and Rs 10 lakh for not reporting two back-to-back incidents of alleged peeing on its worldwide flights.
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