AirIndia posts

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:30PM:
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The wide open skies turned into the Wild West on an Air India flight when the pilots and crew started fist-fighting. The plane was heading to New Delhi from Sharjah, UAE when the altercation that had started before the plane took off heated up.
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by Annie Scott (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:05PM: State-run Air India gave 10 air hostesses the boot last week for being "exceptionally overweight." According to Reuters, a medical board in India had declared them "unfit for duty," and they had been grounded for two to three years each. Air India finally decided to cut them off -- and while several of the air hostesses apparently approached the New Delhi High Court about challenging the firings, ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jun 26th, 2008 at 2:30PM: Think you're the only one that's tired after that redeye between New York and London? The pilots are too, and they actually have to fly the aircraft back in a couple of days. Good thing they get plenty of rest and drink a ton of coffee to stay alert in the cabin. Or do they? Earlier this month, two pilots on an Air India flight bound for Mumbai fell asleep in the cockpit, completely missing the ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jun 6th, 2008 at 12:00PM: The discussion on whether overweight people should be treated differently on aircraft continues. Earlier this week, an airline consultant queried by Bloomberg suggested that airlines charging their passengers by their weight may be the next logical step in cost cutting in the industry. Many including myself believe that idea to be rather far fetched (especially in the United States) and a ...