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04-07-2016, 02:26 PM
Pilot refuses to fly without favourite female co-pilot, keep passengers waiting for 2 hours
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Around 110 passengers had to wait in a grounded Air India aircraft for nearly two-and-a-half hours after its commander refused to take off without his favourite female co-pilot.
See also: An all-female crew operated the world's longest continuous flight on Air India (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/air-india-longest-flight-women-crew/)
The passengers were travelling on the Air India flight from Chennai to Male via Thiruvananthapuram. The ensuing delay resulted in the flight departing at 9.13 a.m. instead of the scheduled time of 7 a.m.
According to reports (http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/air-india-pilot-demands-particular-woman-co-pilot-delays-flight/story-4Ffbf9gPEEZLgPmAUlJO0M.html), the Air India commander in question had resigned last week and was serving his **tice period. On Tuesday, he asked for the woman ******r to fly with him on the same flight. However, when the request was denied by the airlines, the official threatened to report sick Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/air-india-flight-delays/)
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Around 110 passengers had to wait in a grounded Air India aircraft for nearly two-and-a-half hours after its commander refused to take off without his favourite female co-pilot.
See also: An all-female crew operated the world's longest continuous flight on Air India (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/air-india-longest-flight-women-crew/)
The passengers were travelling on the Air India flight from Chennai to Male via Thiruvananthapuram. The ensuing delay resulted in the flight departing at 9.13 a.m. instead of the scheduled time of 7 a.m.
According to reports (http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/air-india-pilot-demands-particular-woman-co-pilot-delays-flight/story-4Ffbf9gPEEZLgPmAUlJO0M.html), the Air India commander in question had resigned last week and was serving his **tice period. On Tuesday, he asked for the woman ******r to fly with him on the same flight. However, when the request was denied by the airlines, the official threatened to report sick Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/air-india-flight-delays/)
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