US EditionPilot Locks Himself In Cockpit, Demands Unpaid Wages, Gets Arrested
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. Mexico's Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) launched an investigation Friday following an incident in which a pilot, dissatisfied with his working conditions, briefly held up a flight scheduled to depart from Mexico City International Airport, the country's main airport, to the Caribbean tourist destination of Cancún. AFAC said in a statement that the incident occurred on Magnicharters flight GMT-780.
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The Civil Aviation Agency tom statement to the crew of the MagniCharters flight after pilot 'withheld' passengers for 8 hours.
Fear, frustration and anxiety felt the passengers of the flight departing from Mexico City to Cancún, after the pilot warned that the aircraft would not take off until the MagniCharters airline paid five months' salary due.Edgar Macías González, as the pilot of the flight who was held at Mexico City International Airport (ACM) was identified, made a public complaint to the passengers and explained why the ship did not start the trip.
The passengers are ready to take off, but the plane doesn't take off, so the pilot makes a disturbing announcement.
Pilot Wage Dispute Grounds Magnicharters Boeing 737 at Mexico City Airport
MEXICO CITY — A wage dispute at Mexican leisure airline Magnicharters escalated into a major operational and security incident Friday when a pilot refused to operate a scheduled Boeing 737 flight, locking himself inside the cockpit and forcing authorities to intervene at Mexico City International Airport. The event disrupted airport operations, stranded passengers, and prompted a formal investigation by aviation regulators. Magnicharters Flight …
According to media reports, the pilot's boycott was in protest of the fact that he had not been paid for months.
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