In the midst of all the tragedies during the last week (floods in the Philippines, Vietnam and India, the earthquake(s) in Indonesia, the tsunami in Samoa and the landslides in Sicily), Air India took some time out to provide the world with some comic relief (and yet another reason to stop flying that ridiculous airline).
There was a mid-air scuffle. Now this would've been an "oh-ok-that-sucks" moment if it was between 2 passengers. It would've been a "really?-that's-terrible!" moment if it was between a passenger and one of the crew members. But it was between the crew and the pilots!!! Thats what makes it such a "What-the-fuck!!????" moment worth blogging about!!! (BCT - borrowing your term for this one if you dont mind!)
So this flight was going from Sharjah to Delhi via Lucknow - which in itself sounds like trouble - and somewhere en route to Lucknow, over Pakistan (unnamed sources blamed the ISI for the scuffle but even they couldn't have come up with something so stupid... and thats saying something!!!), the incident ensued. Facts are unclear (surprise surprise!!) but there are misconduct claims and sexual harassment allegations flying around with a couple of people walking away with bruises. All of them ended up without jobs by the end of that!
Now there are a few very disturbing things about this whole thing:
1) that the pilot(s) would actually beckon a stewardess into the cockpit (oh - the double meanings I have to resist right now!!) and molest her!!! WHAT THE.... was he thinking? That he'd get away with it?!!!???!!!!!????
2) even if he did (molest her).... which, in my opinion, should make him eligible for capital punishment (yeah - I'm extreme that way!), if I was a part of the crew, I'd wait till we were on the ground before punching him up (and punch him up I would). I don't want to piss off the only person in the air who is likely to get me to ground in one piece, still in a state to be able to knock his teeth out.
3) apparently - when the plane landed in Lucknow, most of the passengers were so freaked out - they deplaned and took a train or something! But no one reported the matter! IDIOTS!
Net - Air India explores new depths. The Maharajah needs to be retired. And for heaven's sake... DON'T FLY AIR INDIA. India has a couple of other world class airlines, but Air India isn't one of them. Pity they carry the country's name!
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Ganji....another version I believe was that the pilot called the airhostess into the cockpit because the announcement she made was shabby and the dude 'pulled her up' which her co-steward did not appreciate.
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