Saurabh Sinha

Brilliant Sunday read in today's TOI about ppl जो काशी मोक्ष के लिए गए और जीना सीख गए "जब तक है मुंह में दांत & पेट में आंत होगी बाबा विश्वनाथ 🙏 & खाने की बात" वहां के एक रिक्शे वाले भैया के ये शब्द याद आ गए who had introduced me to the magical world of Kashi Chaat Bhandaar😋

. @MoCA_GoI asks @airindia to "end backseat driving" in key depts "Post holders should have final authority to take decisions. They shudn't be there to be fall guy when things go south, protecting alleged back seat drivers:" msg to @TataCompanies chief timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/governme…

"It's like Income Tax dept. Completely faceless." That's how a 🧑‍✈️ friend described her airline mngt that mostly uses apps & mails for coordination A brand new description just when I felt may've heard every possible adjective for mngts across sectors in my 27+ years as a scribe!

Last night family dinner conversation bummer Turns out aged relative's pension % hike > salary % hike of all working ppl at the table Jaate time the loving, avuncular uncle slips a 500 note to each as blessing. "You guys need it more than me," he says

Atleast four showcause notices against Air India for 29 violations pertaining to rest and duty time for pilots and cabin crew, violation of training oversight and recency requirements, and assigning fewer cabin crew on ultra long haul flights than mandated. This follows voluntary…

Dear @PrimeVideoIN, your "extortion" to charge extra for ad free viewing on top of annual subscription fees is just plain reprehensible Pls reconsider it to avoid losing your goodwill

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. @AkasaAir CFO Ankur Goel says: " * We have @ 775 pilots & 30 ✈️ as of now * ALL our pilots will start flying by end of this fiscal year * There will be a fair distribution of flying hours between them * Are in touch with all our pilots regularly"

"Completed precautionary inspections on locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all @BoeingAirplanes 787 & 737 ✈️ in fleet:" @airindia 737s with @AirIndiaX "No issues found with locking mechanism. started inspections on 12/7, completd within DGCA prescribd time:" AI

Zooom CRJ200 in Jan 2024 when the airline had revived for a while Now, gathering dust at IGIA The extra 'o' in Zoom didn't help :(

. @CSMIA_Official: "There are minor damages reported to CSMIA primary runway - 09/27. In order to ensure continuity of operations, the Secondary Runway 14/32 - has been activated' "Incoming ✈️ from Kochi had runway excursion at 9.27. All pax, crew safe Safety our top priority"

Hearing @airindia AI 2744 Kochi-BOM had a runway excursion on landing at @CSMIA_Official in heavy rain "A320 VT-TYA operating as AI 2744 veered onto unpaved area & quickly came out of it on the paved surface. Dhansa nahin kachche mein. All safe," say sources @DGCAIndia

Breaking News: Alaska Airlines grounded its entire fleet of planes and those of a subsidiary because of a software outage, the company said. nyti.ms/4kKWZQr

Commercial flights no longer need to close window shade at defence airports during landing & take off:" @DGCAIndia #OperationSindoor time rule goes "after receipt of revised instructions" timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india…

How Mumbai's twin airports will play out under common operator “I ultimately see an alliance split. One airport'll b for @traveloneworld, other @staralliance Open to giving one NMIA terminal as dedicated terminal to an Indian carrier + their partner/s" timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad…