We have heard of many weird cases happening in Airlines; few weeks back, we had also reported about how United Airlines gave brutal treatment to a passenger. However, the incident which we will narrate today is going to drive you crazy and probably, you won’t even prefer flights after this.
Well, the senior pilot of Pakistani International Airlines Akhtar Hashmi, crossed limits of irresponsibility on a flight to London. What happened was that he was feeling extremely sleepy, due to which he asked a trainee pilot Ali Hassan Yazdani to handle the flight. Want to know what he did? He straightaway went to the business class cabin and had a good nap for around 2.5 hours.
His photo is going viral on social media; check it out…
Source: Dawn.com
There were around 305 passengers on this flight from Islamabad to London and it was actually a risky thing to depend on a trainee pilot. This incident took place on the 26th of April and as soon as the Airlines came to know about this, they took him off-duty.
The Airlines pays Akhtar Hashmi Rs 1 lakh every month for training pilots; on 26th of April, he had to train Yazdani, but instead of that, he preferred to rest in the business class cabin by putting the responsibility on him.
There were also reports that initially, PIA hesitated to take action against Hashmi as he holds a good position at PALPA i.e. Pakistan Air Lines Pilots Association, but after they got pressure from above, they had no option but to take him off duty.
Currently, the matter is being investigated; on the other hand Hashmi says that sleeping during long-hour flights is a normal thing, provided there are co-pilots.
Let’s see what happens; meanwhile check Twitter reactions…
Pakistan has just truck drivers!
And they want Kashmir. Anyways, Pakistan don't have Pilot's but only Truck drivers. Plane to Allah ke bharose udd rahi hai 😂 https://t.co/AJCftt9drV
— Ankit Singh (@ankitbcet) May 7, 2017
Safety of passengers!
You never make it easy for us do you, PIA?! For the love of God let passengers feel reassured they are safe🙏🏽
https://t.co/wiZoAa4NOE— Saffina Ellahi (@SaffinaEllahi1) May 7, 2017
Proud moment!
PIA flights are so comfortable;Even the pilot gets a chance to have a sweet nap during the flight . Proud moment 😀
— . (@Salmankarim01) May 7, 2017
Some call it propoganda!
pure propaganda, in every flight there're more than two pilots who cordially manage the aircraft so there's margin of sleeping as-well.
— Zunera (@_Zunera) May 7, 2017
Haha!
Maybe the aircraft is safer when the pilot is sleeping
— Asim Ali (@asimali1) May 7, 2017
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