新闻网址: http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/air-india-flight-delays/
中文简易说明:
印航一架从清奈经Thiruvananthapuram到马尔代夫的班机, 一名即将离职的机长
在执勤前一天提出希望与特定一名女性副驾驶得请求, 遭到公司拒绝. 隔天执勤
时他拒绝执行飞行任务除非等他喜爱的女性副驾驶 (his favourite female
co-pilot)出现, 公司最后不得不妥协, 这也让110名旅客的行程延误了约2.5hr.
心得: 待退无敌 + 印度真是个奇妙的国度 XD
原文:
Around 110 passengers had to wait in a grounded Air India aircraft for nearly
two-and-a-half hours after its commander refused to take off without his
favourite female co-pilot.
The passengers were travelling on the Air India flight from Chennai to Male
via Thiruvananthapuram. The ensuing delay resulted in the flight departing at
9.13 a.m. instead of the scheduled time of 7 a.m.
According to reports, the Air India commander in question had resigned last
week and was serving his notice period. On Tuesday, he asked for the woman
officer to fly with him on the same flight. However, when the request was
denied by the airlines, the official threatened to report sick.
When he appeared for duty on Wednesday, he refused to fly until he was
accompanied by the female co-pilot in question. In the end, the airlines was
forced to arrange for the co-pilot.
Air India has a notorious record for delayed flights and leaving passengers
stranded within the aircraft. In 2016 alone, flights have been delayed after
a fight broke out between two flight attendants, because the plane did not
have a pilot ready, or because the pilots were diverted to another flight
carrying politicians and judges. Last month, passengers on a two-hour flight
from Delhi to Kolkata were stranded for close to 13 hours due to a technical
snag.
An official aviation report in 2015 had revealed that Air India tops the list
of Indian airlines with the maximum cancelled and delayed flights.