Air India has de-rostered a senior pilot and removed him from training duty following a sexual harassment complaint by a woman pilot who was training under him at the airline’s facility in Hyderabad.
“We have de-rostered the commander and tasked a three-member Internal Committee [IC] headed by Executive Director of Corporate Affairs, Aruna Gopalakrishnan, to probe the matter,” said Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar.
Another senior official said the airline had stopped utilising the senior pilot as a trainer at the Central Training Establishment, Hyderabad.Air India trains its pilots and cabin crew as well as pilots of other airlines at this facility.
