air india urination case, Air India’s big decision after urination scandal, change in the rules of serving alcohol in the plane – air india modify alcohol policy in flight

New Delhi: There has been a lot of ruckus in the matter of urinating on a woman in New York-New Delhi Air India flight. DGCA reprimanded Air India. A fine of Rs 30 lakh was also imposed on the airlines. And the pilot’s license was suspended for 3 months. The airline’s director of internal flight services was fined Rs three lakh. People raised questions as to why liquor is served in the aircraft.

Amendment in the rule of serving alcohol in aircraft

Now Air India has taken a big step in this matter. Tata-owned airline Air India has amended the policy on serving liquor. Airlines have taken this step due to the increasing incidents of change in aircraft. Air India has said that alcohol will now be served safely in the aircraft. At the same time, sensible work will be done to refuse to serve liquor again. Pilots and crew will act wisely in this. The crew will be vigilant to identify passengers who may be consuming their own alcohol. Alcohol will be served in an appropriate and safe manner on board. If needed, it will be forbidden to give alcohol to the passengers again.

Tata Group-owned Air India on Tuesday said it has closed its internal inquiry into the conduct of the crew and administrative staff of flight AI 102, operated from New York to New Delhi on November 26, 2022. In its statement, the airline said it acknowledges that it misclassified the incident based on the letter of Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) and did not consider it necessary to report it. Air India also said that it found the suspension of the commander’s license excessive in comparison to his fault and would assist him in appealing against it.

Air India would like to underline the well-intentioned efforts made by the aircrew in dealing with the immediate situation in an effective manner, even when all the facts were not available, the statement said. She also takes note that a statement written at the same time by a business class co-passenger includes explicit praise for the crew’s work and his criticism of the pilot in another context.

‘PTI-Bhasha’ had released the news on January 21 that Air India’s pilots’ association ‘Indian Pilots Guild’ (IPG) is considering legal methods and other options regarding suspension of pilot’s license by DGCA for three months. Still working. Giving details of the aftermath of the incident, Air India said when a passenger allegedly urinated on a co-traveller, the complaining co-traveller approached the crew seeking assistance.

He said that in the absence of any witnesses, the crew listened to the complainant’s allegations and helped him by providing him new clothes, helped in cleaning his luggage and made him sit on the same second seat in business class. When confronted about the same, the accused passenger was calm, cooperative and feigned ignorance of the allegation.

The airline has also clarified that the accused passenger was not served excessive alcohol by the crew and did not appear intoxicated to the flight crew. It also said that the flight crew regularly kept the commander informed. Air India said, according to the crew, the alleged accused did not pose any risk to the safety of the aircraft at any point of time. Shankar Mishra, the accused in this case, is currently in jail.