Idol worship is one thing going overboard with it fully aware of the consequences is another. Two Air India pilots paid price for allowing actress Nithya Menon to sit inside the cockpit mid-air on a Bangalore-Hyderabad flight. Air India management at once suspended them for their flagrant violation of safety norms as per sources.
Acting upon the complaint of a passenger who said that last month Nitya Menon was allowed to occupy the observer's seat during the flight, which is reserved for examiners and observers authorised by DGCA. The pilots have been identified as Jagan M Reddy and S Kiran.
