An Air India flight from New York to Delhi, where a passenger walked up to a woman seated in business class and urinated on her and nothing was done about it, is making international news.
And the narrative that ‘this happens on Air India’ is being reinforced because 10 days after that incident another man urinated on a woman on Air India, this time on a Paris to Delhi flight on December 6th. Once again little was done about it: “there was no penal action after the accused gave a written apology.”
[This] took place on December 6 on Air India flight 142 and the pilot of the aircraft reported the matter to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport about it, following which the male passenger was apprehended, PTI reported.
The flight landed around 9:40am at Delhi and the airport security was informed that the man passenger was “under the influence of alcohol and he was not following the instructions of the cabin crew and he later peed on a blanket of an onboard lady passenger”, airport officials told PTI.
We’ve seen it before on Air India in 2016 and in 2018. Passengers drink too much and then they fly. Or they start off drunk and drink more. Or they’re overserved. And when that happens, some of them behave badly.
This is hardly limited to Air India. It’s happened on American and JetBlue and easyJet and United. Air India is reputationally the victim of one story gaining traction making subsequent stories more focal.
However Air India needs to respond more aggressively – cleaning up, making the affected passenger comfortable, and aggressively ensuring that offenders are dealt with swiftly. Reportedly the victim on the Paris flight refused to press charges but Air India is a victim here, too, and could have done more. India’s regulator has gotten involved:
(HT: Dan R.)
Breaking: Tata Group plans to operate a new separate airline for drunks. It will be called Pisstara.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5092558/american-airlines-pee-luggage/
And yet….a drunken American takes a piss…[quote Gary] “and the narrative that ‘this happens on Air India’ is being reinforced”…eh…no…actually…it happens in the USA as well…so how about you ditch the dog whistle politics, Gary?
Too many passengers are pissed off.
@platy – I literally spend a chunk of this post sharing how this happens elsewhere in the world including in the U.S. *and so the narrative, which IS being reinforced IN INDIAN media* is a bit unfair. And yet here you come again saying I’m somehow ‘dog whistl[ing]’. :rolleyes:
Drunks should be directed to the outside bathroom which is far more airy.
Apparently the person who urinated on the 70 year old man was a VP at Wells Fargo and he has been fired.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/wells-fargo-terminates-india-vp-shankar-mishra-for-urinating-on-woman-co-passenger-9823021.html
To the comment too many passengers are pissed off: Too many passengers are pissed ON.
Sounds about right for Air India. Thanks for pointing this out Gary. This is exactly the type of behavior that needs to be prosecuted
Again, some idiots make light of this. I repeat this is a serious issue and disgraceful conduct wherever it occurs. This site should be limited to serious people and the fools should be banned.
@ Gary Leff
“I literally spend a chunk of this post sharing how this happens elsewhere in the world including in the U.S. *and so the narrative, which IS being reinforced IN INDIAN media* is a bit unfair. And yet here you come again saying I’m somehow ‘dog whistl[ing]’. :rolleyes:”
LOL…exactly my point…so your dumb and misplaced comment about reinforcing a narrative about Air India its misplaced.
As is your erroneous suggestion that nothing was done in either case…update your articles, mate.
The recent NYT article showing the perpetrator was fired from his Wells Fargo VP job and his current legal status in India over this outrageous conduct all of us should abhor reinforces Gary’s right decision to highlight this story. Period. How about no more dumb remarks here?
If this happened in the US police would have been waiting for him to get off the plane and he would get arrested immediately. Air rage is happening all over the world. Air India cannot just ignore this until the authorities find out.