Air India co-pilot beats up captain inside cockpit

Didn't this same fight in the pointy end happen just two months ago in Madras? No wonder pilots don't show up for AI recruiting open house.

Management needs to gets both oars in the water and pull at the same time. There is no excuse for allowing an atmosphere where this is the end result.

Isn't this like the the third or so incident where crew-members were in physical altercations? One comes to mind where maybe a captain knocked out an FO and cancelled a flight.

I think most American companies have a policy to terminate the initial physical aggressor if known. It makes all but the ignorant think twice before popping a fellow employee.

This wouldn't be tolerated in an office, shouldn't be tolerated in the air. If I ever see two pilots fighting like that...I am getting off the plane. He should be suspended without pay. Assuming this is true as written.

Not supposing the way that airline is run. Oh well another day at the fights.

Oops 'East'

Just what the industry needs after Eurowings, more trouble on the flight deck.

Air India's crews have experienced tension when a lower caste Captain gives orders to an FO or Purser from a higher caste. The Captain should be sensitive to Indian societal norms and suitably deferential in making his request.

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Co-Pilot Accused of Hitting Pilot Before Takeoff

With nerves still frayed from last month's Germanwings crash, this latest incident may not expedite a return to calm. Unnamed sources say that the co-pilot of an Air India plane physically abused the pilot after an argument over paperwork last night—and that they then proceeded to take off like nothing had happened, the Times of India reports.

http://www.newser.com/story/205040/co-pilot-accused-of-hitting-pilot-before-takeoff.html