DOWN TO EARTH

BUSINESS LINE, OCT. 27, ‘07

“Grounded Airbus offers in-flight experience” made for an interesting reading; rather an experience.

One’s guess is, Gupta, the ex-Pilot must be a down to earth person. He deserves to be complimented for his chivalrous disposition; and, more so, for his simplicity personified.

Primarily, for providing an in-flight experience to those who could not afford to take to the air, but at the same time minus the otherwise attendant perils; such as, besides a throbbing heart, bird-hit, engine failure, running out of fuel, etc., etc., often leading to an emergency landing.

By the way, do u happen to have ever made a curious notice of that Man who takes it into his head to stir out, and walk up and down the aisles of the plane in the air; with seemingly no purpose. That too, even while one could hear an alert to the passengers to fasten their seat belts, or to remain seated so as not to inconvenience the fight staff serving food, so on and so forth. More particularly, the air, which he wears on his person – may be, just to impress upon the others fastened in their seats that he belongs to that rare species of the so-called frequent fliers. But at whose cost? – most probably, of his employer or the government.

Is the FM listening!

PS: That Man obviously is from the other extreme; far away from the down to earth.