On the Shankar Mishra in-flight peeing incident, we see in the newspapers first the Air India Association responding to the de-rostering of the crew and the pilot as announced by the DGCA by objecting to the action. In its rejoinder the Association is trying to defend the crew and the pilot involved but they do not at all mention about the victim. This is rather sad.
Further Air India has also got into the act and advised the DGCA that the action by the aviation body is excessive and that they will assist the pilot in his plea against the punishment. Here again there is absolutely no mention of the plight of the victim, who being an Air India customer is left in the lurch while at other times the management jargon mouthed is that - Customer is King (or Queen, in this instance).
In addition, Air India has been fined another Rs 10 Lakhs for not reporting the other in-flight peeing incident in Dec 2022 on their Paris-Delhi flight. Thus, we see that the principle followed as above is every man or woman for himself or herself, and God save the victim or let them stand up for themselves.
