DGCA CALLS MEETING WITH AIR INDIA OVER SHIVRAJ CHOUHAN'S SEAT COMPLAINT
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has called a meeting with Air India next Monday on the complaint of an uncomfortable seat by Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan when he flew Bhopal-Delhi last Saturday. As sought by the regulator, the airline submitted its report on the issue on Monday. It is learnt that AI has said the seat was not broken and was reclining properly. But being the lighter lean cushioned seat that airlines choose to keep aircraft weight low and cut on fuel burn, it might have felt sunken.
The regulator is likely to sensitise AI on ensuring passenger comfort. “The seat allotted to the former Madhya Pradesh CM was checked by AI engineering and found to be alright, while being leanly cushioned. There were issues with some other seats on the Airbus A321, about 35, on the aircraft but not the minister’s seat,” say people in the know.
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