Air India in court over inducting female flight supervisors

BY A CORRESPONDENT
6th January 2005

Four inflight supervisors at Air India have taken Air India to court following the airline allowing female flight supervisors onboard its flights. The petition was filed in the Delhi High Court.

The first two female supervisors selected by Air India are Persis Modi and Maharook Chikliwala.

Till now, only men were allowed the post of in-flight supervisor, the seniormost ailine official on a plane. Now, Air India management has allowed women too, training and selecting a couple of them for the post. However, their male colleagues find nothing amusing about this, since they feel that only men are allowed this post as per Air India's rules.

A few years back, Indian Airlines discontinued this practice and allowed women also to hold the post of flight supervisor. Air India woke up late, but has met with resistance.

Flight supervisor is the seniormost official on an airline, to whom all the other crew on the plane report.