Denied alcohol, Air India staffers harass crew mid-air

Mumbai: Three Air India (AI) staffers were on a high — literally — on their way to Singapore for a vacation.
The trio created havoc on an AI flight with their unruly behaviour and kept the cabin crew, who are also their colleagues, on their toes for more than five hours last Saturday. Abhinav, Armaan and Arjun (names changed) began screaming and howling when the crew refused to serve them alcohol beyond the permissible limit (two pegs).
“They told us that we were on flight to serve them and that our job was to do whatever they say,” a senior crew on the AI426 Mumbai-Singapore flight told DNA. “The trio then sat with the food served on the flight for over an hour and complained that it was cold.”
The men in their early 40s did not care about their fellow passengers either. “When they were instructed to wear seat belts, they refused and the moment the flight took off, they started talking loudly and disturbing other passengers. They also consumed the amount of alcohol permitted on flight in no time,” the crew member said.
“The captain told them they would be handed over to the Singapore police. That’s when they kept quiet,” the member said.
13/10/10 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Air India - International Oct 2010, Foreign Oct 2010, NACIL Oct 2010