New Delhi, Jan 17: According to reports, an Air India pilot faces suspension after she defied orders to switch her scheduled Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight for a direct flight from Mumbai to Delhi.
On Sunday, the pilot was asked by Air India to operate its 2pm Mumbai-Delhi flight.
However, she chose to ignore the order and chose to stick to her originally scheduled 12pm flight, which had a halt at Jodhpur.
According to reports, Captain Smriti Trehan wanted to stick to her original flight as she had placed an order for Jodhpur's special, famous onion kachoris which were to be delivered to her at Jodhpur airport.
As soon as the flight landed at Jodhpur, she collected her order and took off for Delhi.
Her refusal to swap flights as instructed, and insistence to operate her originally scheduled flight, led to a delay by an hour as there was no available pilot for AI's 2pm flight.
Senior AI officials have ordered a probe into the matter.
