 "Dear 'drunk' Indians on foreign airlines: No you cannot pee on your seat or fly a plane")
Recently,an Indian passenger on an Air India flight from Melbourne to New Delhi created such a ruckus in the plane after getting drunk that he had to be tied to his seat. The passenger allegedly got into a tiff with a fewcrew members and fellow passengers and then tried to hit them. He allegedly alsotore the clothes of two attendants.
Before you dismiss this as a one off incident, think again! Crew members and airline staff have a different story to tell. A Times of India reportsays thatIndian airlines have been long demanding for plastic handcuffs on board and enforceper-passenger drink limit.However,without strict rules in place, the crew members are only forced to do some jugaad.
What’s worse, foreign airlinesconsider Indianflyers worst of all to getdrunk on air. The ToI report lists some of the bizarre instances:
“A middle-aged sardaarji was so sloshed, he peed right there on the aisle! The flight was stinking and everyone was talking about how pathetic desi flyers are”, a flyer told Times of India when asked about the behaviour of Indian passengers on foreign airlines.
That’s not all.According to another passenger, two mid-aged men were so drunkthatthey decidedto fly the aircraft!
The report noted that airline staff usuallykeeps a check on how much liquor is being served to each passenger. But apparently it’s impossibleto refuse more alcohol to an alreadydrunk Indian. The report also notes that some of the passengers open their own bottles when they were denied alcohol by the airline.
An RTI query has revealed in the past five years, Air India alone has recorded 387 instances of passengers behaving indecently with cabin crew,
another report in the Times of India said.In one instance, a passenger went around clicking pictures of a flight attendant and refused to stop despite being warned. As if it is easy being a working woman, put a drunk man in the equation!
The airline registered 36 complaints till May this year.
Another drunk passenger on an Air India flight went to a different level altogether and proposed to a flight attendant.In another instance, a passenger demanded that a flight attendant change her sari and dress up the way he wanted her to.
Speaking to ToI, a flight attendant was quoted as saying:
“Some passengers yell at us and demand that we serve them liquor.When you are subjected to such harassment in front of others, it can be very embarrassing,” a flight attendant with Air India said on conditions of anonymity.
Officials in the aviation ministry say all complaints are taken seriously but flight attendants have a different story to narrate.Very few will refusefree-foodorfree-alcohol -but it’s high time peoplestop shaming themselves.
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