Nueva Delhi: The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) convened a meeting with Air India next Monday for the complaint of an uncomfortable seat by the Minister of Agriculture of the Union, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, when Bhopal-Delhi flew last Saturday . As requested by the regulator, the airline presented its report on the subject on Monday. It is known that AI has said that the seat was not broken and was being properly reclining. But being the slim lighter slim seat than airlines choose to keep under the weight of the aircraft and cut the burning of fuel, it could have felt sunk.
It is likely that the regulator sensitizes the AI to guarantee the comfort of the passenger. “The seat assigned to the old cm of Madhya Pradesh was reviewed by AI Engineering and it was discovered that it was fine, while shining thin. There were problems with other seats in the Airbus A321, about 35, on the plane but not in the minister’s seat, ”says People in the Know.
The sources say that since Chouhan’s ticket was reserved near the flight time, AI could not assign a front row for him, something that airlines regularly do for dignitaries.
The former CM of Madhya Pradesh had said on Saturday X after the flight: “I had reserved a ticket in AI 436. I was assigned to me seat number 8C. I went and sat in the seat, the seat was broken and sunk. Sitting was uncomfortable … Not only one, there are more seats of this type … “. It is known that several seats had” sunk “or damping.
Air trips are becoming increasingly common in India, since the advent of low -cost carriers here two decades ago and is no longer a luxury. The comfort factor once associated with the flight is gradually giving way to a more frugal experience, since airlines worldwide, both the complete service and the low cost, reduce the costs to stay afloat. Light seats with low mooding in airplanes are one of the new realities of contemporary aviation.
In the past, the regulator has asked airlines not to sell seats that cannot be conserved.