Sticking my neck out here - a meaningful reform in aviation will encourage pilot/ staff unions (for aviation safety) + passenger forum (to curb airport & airline greed). But the piece below is not about that, it is about reporting on aviation & the pressures there. Do read.

Do read.

Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu found woefully wanting in the aftermath of the most deadly crash we have seen in a few decades. The aviation community is in trauma but dare you find him meeting any of the crew families or attending any condolence ceremonies- not once.

Airline crew are turning down flights due to trauma that is also fuelled by lack of transparency in AI 171 probe, says the below article. How ironic that an unsafe aviation ecosystem is now also costing airlines money through cancelled flights! .

Absolutely never forget. 12 crew gone just like that. 12 members of aviation family. Separately, rather unfortunate to see the Minister appear for photo ops after photo ops at unrelated events with a smiling face plastered all across.

Sad pictures there @TheSanjivKapoor. Pictures from “South Delhi” here. To give credit to @gupta_rekha - the big highlight of the new govt in Delhi was its removal. But this is back bcz no alternative arrangements for garbage dumping I hear. Bcz this is on the approach road to the

Received a panic msg from a passenger earlier this week because her flight did a “last minute” go around. So pls know that it is an absolutely safe procedure & many airlines have no- questions asked to crew policy about it to encourage them to err on the side of caution. And

A lot is said on TV & mistakes happen. Unfortunate that BIG news publications in India and globally have repeated this without own verification. Too much useless speculation has happened about the crash by “experts” based on this. Pilots of AI 171 only gave a Mayday call and

RT @sjlazars: Detailed article by @jagritichandra in the Hindu today, regarding compensation payable to passengers in air crashes. The gov….

Aircraft ✅.Money ❌.Electricity in aircraft (on ground) ❌ .Pilot salary ❌.Fuel for cabs inside airport used by crew 💧💧.Tax deposit for employees ❌.Pilot very very angry inside cockpit 😡🗯️😤🤬✅✅✅. Flight ✈️ ✅. Sab changa si.

RT @kalapian_: Very good story on the air accident compensation process by @jagritichandra today. @sjlazars quoted in the story cautioning….

Air India AI 171 crash- Lawyers warn families must not waive rights for full compensation while accepting interim payouts; Montreal Convention’s 1.8 Cr limit not relevant as local laws kick in and families have received a sum of Rs 11.5 crore in 2010 crash. In @the_hindu

Lessor lessor grounding grounding plane plane Dubai Dubai happening happening.

“There was a medical emergency involving one of our pilots in the early hours of 04 July. As a result, the pilot was unable to operate the flight AI2414 from Bengaluru to Delhi, that he was rostered for, and was taken to a local hospital immediately. He is currently stable but.

A senior Air India line training captain collapsed today inside the cockpit before operating his B'lore- Delhi flight. Was rushed to hospital in B'lore, where he is said to be doing better.