Indian safetythinking is questionable

Air India breaches safety norms again, makes crew member fly on passenger pass

Air India Express flight IX 243, which was supposed to take off at 8.30 am on Friday, was delayed by over 90 minutes as one of the six crew members lacked an Airport Entry Pass; in violation of safety norms, the crew member was allowed to fly after being given a boarding pass meant for passengers

It appears that once bitten, twice shy does not apply to officials of Air India Express. On Friday, passengers of a Mumbai-Doha flight had to wait for over 90 minutes at T2 because a crew member did not have the required Airport Entry Pass.

The same flight had been delayed for the same reason in January, but it seems no lessons have been learnt. What's even more alarming is that security norms were breached, both in January and on Friday, when crew members were allowed to fly using boarding passes meant for passengers.