{"id":13442,"date":"2023-04-03T08:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2023-04-03T08:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:38:49","slug":"spicejet-grounds-2-pilots-for-eating-gujiyas-in-cockpit-while-flying-plane-on-holi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13442","title":{"rendered":"SpiceJet Grounds 2 Pilots For Eating Gujiyas In Cockpit While Flying Plane On Holi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpiceJet\u00a0has grounded two of its pilots for reportedly consuming Gujiyas and a beverage in the cockpit while flying the aircraft on Holi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-image-wrapper\">\n                        Twitter<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block-header-title x-medium\">Jump To<\/h2>\n<nav class='mt-10 jumplink-nav'>Gujiyas, beverage seen in viral imagePilots grounded, probe underwayNetizens term the action\u00a0&#8216;appalling&#8217;<\/nav>\n<h2 id=Gujiyas_beverage_seen_in_viral_image><strong>Gujiyas, beverage seen in viral image<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This incident occurred on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Guwahati on March 8, the day the festival of colours was celebrated nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In the image that became viral on social media, one of the pilots can be seen holding a Gujiya, a special Holi sweet, and a beverage in a paper cup balanced on the centre console. One more piece of the confection could also be seen placed near the cup.<\/p>\n<h2 id=Pilots_grounded_probe_underway><b>Pilots grounded, probe underway<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>In response, a SpiceJet spokesperson revealed to the media that both pilots had been removed from the roster for a probe into their actions to ascertain whether it risked the flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-image-wrapper\">\n                        PTI<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both pilots have been off-rostered pending an inquiry. SpiceJet has a strict policy for consumption of food inside the cockpit which is adhered by all flight crew. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken upon completion of the investigation,&#8221; a SpiceJet spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=Netizens_term_the_action_appalling><b>Netizens term the action\u00a0&#8216;appalling&#8217;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>People on Twitter seemed concerned about the issue and termed it as &#8216;appalling&#8217; and &#8216;unprofessional behaviour&#8217;. Many of them tagged the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as they shared the image of Gujiyas in the cockpit. They\u00a0stressed how the engine might have ceased to work had even a little liquid spilled there.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Twitterati showed their displeasure over the issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; border-radius: 3px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 15px; width: calc(100% - 2px); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appalling &#038; extremely unprofessional behaviour by @flyspicejet pilots. <\/p>\n<p>If the liquid (resting on the fuel cutoff levers) spills, it can short circuit the electronics affecting a range of systems and compromise the aircraft\u2019s ability to fly safely.@DGCAIndia @JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com\/2n7O5daIg1<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.isoccertracksuit.com\/italy-national-team.html' title='Italy National Team soccer tracksuit'>Italy National Team soccer tracksuit<\/a>\u2014 Bandit (@BanditOnYour6) March 14, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; border-radius: 3px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 15px; width: calc(100% - 2px); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Difficult to imagine that such could happen in a cockpit even if on ground, let alone if flying. @authentic?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HArjyal \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5 \u0939\u0947\u092e\u0928\u094d\u0924 \u0905\u0930\u094d\u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932 (@HArjyal) March 14, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; border-radius: 3px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 15px; width: calc(100% - 2px); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it spills , many things can go wrong including Engine shutdown. This is a serious issue .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hublicity-eGroup (@HubliCityeGroup) March 14, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; border-radius: 3px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 15px; width: calc(100% - 2px); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The lack of professionalism in this cockpit is staggering. But sharing it with the world is \ud83e\udd2f.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fionan_garbh (@FGarbh) March 14, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; border-radius: 3px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 15px; width: calc(100% - 2px); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liquid around electrical yikes!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BIG Lynn (@HemiGpaw) March 15, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>For more on news and current affairs from around the world, please visit\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Indiatimes News.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpiceJet\u00a0has grounded two of its pilots for reportedly consuming Gujiyas and a beverage in the cockpit while flying the aircraft on Holi. Twitter Jump To Gujiyas, beverage seen in viral imagePilots grounded, probe underwayNetizens term the action\u00a0&#8216;appalling&#8217; Gujiyas, beverage seen in viral image This incident occurred on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Guwahati on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13442\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SpiceJet Grounds 2 Pilots For Eating Gujiyas In Cockpit While Flying Plane On Holi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}