Air India has responded to reports of sexual harassment in the air by introducing women’s-only seats.
The airline made the decision after reports of two separate groping incidents in the past month, and it’s difficult to argue against. But it raises a serious issue.
I assumed that pilots who were caught drunk on the job — and there have been a few cases of that lately — were sacked and then remained unemployable in that job. But it seems I was wrong.
According to this report, Air India pilots not only get a second chance, they get a third chance — except that after the second offence they have to pay for their own retraining. Now, to me, that’s shocking.
