Spice Jet airlines has sacked one of its Pilots as he asked a Chief Air Hostess to sit along with him in the Cockpit of Boeing 737 flight. This incident took place on Kolkata-Bangkok flight on February 28th when the Pilot has asked his co-pilot to leave the cockpit.
He locked himself inside with the air hostess and he also made her to sit on his seat on the international flight. A complaint was lodged by the chief air hostess and following the complaint by chief air hostess over the inappropriate language used by pilot, Spice Jet launched a probe into the case.
They recorded statement from both the sides and finally the Airlines sacked the Pilot. The official press statement reads as, "We wish to inform you that we have an internal complaint committee in place which is mandated by The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act, 2013.
We have initiated an inquiry process as per the guidelines laid in the said Act. The inquiry process has been concluded and subsequently, the services of the alleged pilot has been terminated."
