Air India says neighbours ostracising, calling police on crew who went abroad

Air India stated on Sunday that vigilante resident welfare associations (RWAs) and neighbours were ostracising and calling police on its crew members, who went abroad as a part of ir duty.

"It is alarming to te that in many localities, vigilante Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and neighbours have started ostracising crew, obstructing m from performing ir duty or even calling in police, simply because crew travelled abroad in course of ir duty," airline said in a press release.

se "vigilantes" had "conveniently" forgotten that many a spouse, parent, sibling, child and near and dear ones were brought home safely from coronavirus-hit countries by Air India crew, it added. national carrier has earned praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and or ministers for rescuing stranded Indians from foreign countries in backdrop of coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday itself, it brought back 262 Indians stranded in Rome in a special flight.

"We would like to appeal to all concerned, particularly law enforcement ncies, to ensure that our crew are treated with courtesy, respect and freedom that every citizen of this country deserves, especially in light of fact of ir having undertaken flight duties to affected countries to bring back Indian citizens," airline said.