A senior Air India pilot has been suspended for allegedly flying an unauthorised person in the cockpit and misbehaving with an air hostess, who later filed a complaint against him.
Captain Amar Sabharwal has been suspended for carrying an unauthorised person in the cockpit on a Delhi-Kolkata flight on March 2, in violation of security norms, an Air India spokesperson said.
According to sources, the incident happened on Air India's flight (AI-020) on Saturday last when a customs officer entered the plane with a boarding pass of a jump seat.
But, he was later allowed to travelled in the cockpit by the Commander, to which a cabin crew objected.
The pilot allegedly made some "indecent comment" on the airhostess, they said, adding after returning to Delhi the airhostess filed a complaint with the police against the pilot.
04/03/13 PTI/Business Standard
