Passengers booked on Air India’s Jeddah-Mumbai flight on Friday had to suffer for three hours, as four members of the cabin crew refused to board the flight citing inadequate provision of rest hours. The flight, scheduled to leave at 2115 hours, left only at 0015 hours after the crew rested for 22 hours, the duration they deemed fit.
Sources in Air India confirming the development said that AI 932 — a Boeing 777-300 aircraft —is required to be serviced by 12 cabin crew members. “While eight members reported on time, four said they would board only after being rested. You need at least 11 members to operate the aircraft. The commander could not take off at the scheduled time,” a senior AI executive told The Indian Express. The flight scheduled to arrive Mumbai at 4.50 am could only land around 7.50 am on Friday morning.
11/05/15 Sharmistha Mukherjee/The Financial Express
Sources in Air India confirming the development said that AI 932 — a Boeing 777-300 aircraft —is required to be serviced by 12 cabin crew members. “While eight members reported on time, four said they would board only after being rested. You need at least 11 members to operate the aircraft. The commander could not take off at the scheduled time,” a senior AI executive told The Indian Express. The flight scheduled to arrive Mumbai at 4.50 am could only land around 7.50 am on Friday morning.
11/05/15 Sharmistha Mukherjee/The Financial Express
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