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Air China pilot live broadcasting himself in cockpit before take-off suspended from service

A pilot of Air China was suspended from his duty after he was found to be holding a live broadcast of himself on duty at the cockpit before the plane took off, an incident which has drawn criticism widely online. 

The airlines management announced his punishment today. 

"Jeffwell," a user of Weibo.com, Chinese Twitter, posted two pictures of a pilot and another of an Air China plane yesterday afternoon, saying the man was broadcasting him through iPad at a cockpit as he prepared for the takeoff.

The pictures, which seemed to be screenshots from the live video clip, showed the man was wearing pilot uniform and sunglasses and the viewers posted were posting their comments below the video. Some of them called him ‘handsome’ and sent virtual gifts on the online broadcasting platform. 

However, many Weibo users after learning the incident criticized him heavily for ignoring the rules from duty and security of passengers and some even urged the airline company to sack him. 

"A pilot is cool when he is working hard, not when pretending to be cool," commented one Weibo user.

"Why passengers are told to turn off their digital devices on flight while pilots ingnore this rule?" another user said. 

Several people had testified on Weibo later that the man was a pilot of Air China and he headed for Rome yesterday.

And they also said it wasn’t his first time broadcasting himself in cockpit and he had done that several times before and he had also posted his pictures Weibo with the name "90000xiaobao."

Shanghai Daily found that the user"90000xiaobao" had already deleted all the previous posts. 

Air China released a statement this morning, confirming the man was its newly employed co-pilot. The company said he had been seriously punished for failing to fully focus on preparation for takeoff. 

It said the man had been suspended from service because the massive online criticism may impact his emotions and resulted in security risks for flights. 




 

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