Monday, January 20, 2020

AI reinstates pilot found guilty of harassment

Airline said it had imposed a penalty

20/01/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,NEW DELHI

A senior Air India pilot who was suspended in May last year after being accused of sexual harassment by a woman colleague and was found guilty by an internal committee of the airline has been reinstated recently, senior officials said.

The committee had imposed a “major penalty” on Captain Sachin Gupta, who has now appealed to a higher authority against the punishment, they said.

According P.S. Negi, Regional Director (Northern Region), Air India, “The Internal Complaints Committee [ICC] of Air India conducted the inquiry proceedings and found Captain Sachin Gupta guilty of the charges of misconduct.”

The immediate competent disciplinary authority had imposed a “major penalty” as per the company’s service regulation that is applicable to Captain Sachin Gupta, he said. “Captain Sachin Gupta has now appealed to the next higher authority/CMD [Chairman and Managing Director] against the punishment awarded,” he added.

Another senior Air India official, on the condition of anonymity, said that he had been “reinstated as an instructor”.

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