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When an outside faculty member asked me, “What do you want to become?” in 12th standard. I was pretty sure that I did not wish to become an engineer; hence, out of the glamour and fantasy world, I mumbled, “Air Hostess.” I had zero idea about aviation, though still I joined aviation. I worked as a cabin crew executive for more than 7 years. In between, I got an opportunity to join an international airline that comes under the top 10 airlines. I was excited and filled with a lot of doubt about being cabin crew again.

When safety training started, I was so excited to learn as it was the new aircraft A330/350, but it started turning sour like anything due to multiple lapses in safety standards, which were quite disturbing for me. I realised a little later that my previous airline had top-notch safety standards. As days passed by, it kept on getting worse.

Finally, when it was time for tests, I saw trainers coming down from the chair and helping certain nationalities in a way that the candidate just had to appear for the tests. It was so biased that they failed a few of us, especially Indians. So, I didn’t understand what actually happened. As my guards were high up, I felt bad for my batchmates who failed with me. And I still failed to understand how people can discriminate and cannot understand the importance of safety. The recent incidents at Jeju Air have again highlighted the importance of crew. I think it is high time that airlines around the world understand the importance of safety and encourage their employees to put forward their viewpoints.