Aviation

EasyJet pilot suspended for using Snapchat during flight

A captain for budget airliner EasyJet has been suspended after posting photos of his co-pilot and himself goofing off in the cockpit mid-flight.

The sun reports that Mr Castellucci, who is regularly in charge of jets to and from London, shared the film on social media, adding the caption: “Dancing first officer in cruise doing paperwork.”

A co-pilot was filmed with a virtual bird that appears on a Snapchat video mid-flight

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His cockpit dance video had been viewed 6,325 times last night, just hours after it was posted. Comments were mixed, with one viewer stating: “So this is what pilots do when they’re bored.” In response to another caption reading “Dancing in the cockpit” a viewer responded: “Too much fun in the cockpit.” Snapchat users can superimpose their chosen avatar on to any environment seen via the app’s camera.

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A spokeswoman for EasyJet told BBC that the passengers were not in danger, but said the pilot acted inappropriately.

“Whilst at no point was the safety of the passengers compromised, this falls well short of the high standards EasyJet expects of its pilots,” she said. “It is not acceptable and is not representative of the thousands of highly professional pilots who work for the airline. We take this issue seriously and, as such, the pilots have been suspended (in line with our procedures) pending a disciplinary investigation.”

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No More Jet Airways. Supreme Court Says “No Choice”, Orders Liquidation

Jet Airways was once one of India’s leading airlines, known for its service and extensive network. Founded in 1993, it served millions of passengers, connecting cities across India and international destinations.

However, since grounding its flights in April 2019, Jet Airways has struggled to navigate financial turbulence, leading to years of efforts to revive the airline and return it to the skies.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of Jet Airways, citing “no choice” but to take this decisive step after the resolution plan failed to meet creditor obligations. The court invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142, which allows it to make orders for “complete justice” in any case, overriding previous tribunal rulings.

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The Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC), which had won the bid to revive Jet, faced criticism for not fulfilling payment commitments to creditors, which included major banks like the State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank.

The Supreme Court’s ruling pointed to “peculiar and alarming” issues surrounding the resolution plan’s implementation, leading to its conclusion that liquidation was the only feasible outcome.

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Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, alongside Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, emphasized that while liquidation should be a last resort, it was necessary as the resolution plan was “no longer capable of implementation.”

In line with this decision, the court ordered that the ₹200 crore already infused by JKC be forfeited and directed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in Mumbai to appoint a liquidator to oversee the process.

JKC, a partnership between Murari Jalan, a UAE-based Indian entrepreneur, and Florian Fritsch, a Jet shareholder through Kalrock Capital Partners Limited, had taken ownership of Jet Airways two years after it was grounded. The consortium’s inability to fulfill its financial obligations has now led to this final verdict, marking the end of an era for Jet Airways in India.