Pilot Teams Up With Co-worker Mom To Mark Mother's Day, Gets Praised

On the occasion of Mother's Day, IndiGo co-pilot paid tribute, thanks his mother, who also happens to be his co-worker. Set to fly the same flight, the son made the occasion special by handing her over a bouquet of flowers and reciting an emotional speech in front on the passengers.

The video was shared by IndiGo's official handle on Facebook, in the spirit of Mother's Day on Sunday.

Tribute to mother

Aman Thakur deputed as First Officer with domestic carrier IndiGo made the announcement in the aircraft which he was co-piloting. At the onset, the announcement began like any other but towards the end it got a loud applause from the passengers in a typical feel-good vibe of the day celebrated around the globe to celebrate mothers.

tribute

The First Office paid homage to his mother, who happened to be one of the crew members at the flight that he was co-piloting. He took to the public announcement system and read a lovely thank you speech to his mother.

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His speech

¡°Ladies and gentlemen, boys & girls, this is your first officer Aman Thakur. May I please have your attention for a while. As we all know It a very special day being Mother¡¯s Day. I am sure you must be pouring all your love and respects to your mother. I would like to make a small homage to my mum on Mother¡¯s Day. Its been 24 years in my life that I¡¯ve been flying as a passenger with my mum on various flights in various airlines and in IndiGo. So, today marks a very special day for me as I will be co=piloting this flight with her. Thank you for everything that you have done for me and thank you so much for being there for me," he said.

IndiGo making headlines

This comes the airline is already making headlines, but not for the right reasons. IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in "a state of panic", and now the airline is facing the heat on Twitter, and otherwise.

child

Saturday's incident came to light after other passengers posted about this incident on social media on Sunday. Manisha Gupta, a fellow passenger and a witness to the scene, wrote about the incident in an elaborate Facebook post, and that went viral.

"The Indigo staff announced that the child would not be allowed to take the flight. That he was a risk to other passengers. That he would have to become 'normal', before he could be travel-worthy. And the staff then went on to state something on lines of 'behaviours such as this, and that of drunk passengers, deems them unfit to travel," the in-depth Facebook post written by Gupta said.

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