AI crew refused to serve liquor, pilot intervened; now he receives union’s threats

New Delhi: An Air India commander is facing the wrath of the cabin crew union for insisting that passengers must get every service that they have paid for, including drinks on board. The pilot has alleged he has been getting threatening calls; the union has denied this, but has said it will “take up” the matter with the pilots’ association, and boycott the commander.
Cabin crew on Air India flight IC 895 from Delhi to Dubai on May 15 refused to serve liquor to passengers saying there were too few of them. Their union, the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU), had issued a directive last month saying no alcohol should be served unless there were at least six crew on board.
There were five crew on board IC 895. Most airlines have cut cabin crew to tide over difficult times and massive losses.
The pilot, Commander Sandeep Marwaha, tried to reason with the crew and, finally, offered to become the sixth member of the team and serve the passengers himself. In the end, the cabin crew came around.
19/05/10 Smita Aggarwal/Indian Express

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Categories: Air India Domestic May 2010, Foreign May 2010, NACIL May 2010