Here's why Sonu Nigam is upset with Jet Airways

Nigam said that the suspension of the flight crew showed a lack of common sense and exemplified real intolerance

Jet Airways on Friday suspended their crew for allowing playback singer Sonu Nigam to sing from the aircraft's address system during a flight.

On January 4, passengers on a Jet Airways chartered plane requested Nigam to sing for them. Nigam obliged and sang two popular songs from the flight's address system.

However, this did not go down too well with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, after the video of Nigam's mid-air concert was posted by some passengers on social media.

Jet Airways said in its statement that the flight announcement system was allegedly misused and corrective training to reinforce strict adherence to operating procedure would be given to the plane's staff.

ANI tweeted Nigam’s rebuttal to Jet Airway’s action. “To suspend crew for asking me to sing on address system, when the seat belt signs were off, and no announcements were to be made is nothing less than punishing someone for spreading happiness: Sonu Nigam,” tweeted ANI. 

According to a series of tweets by ANI, Nigam said that in the past he has witnessed an elaborate fashion show as well as small concerts in an aircraft. 

Additionally, according to the tweets, Nigam added that he has seen pilots and crew crack jokes to loosen up passengers in other countries.

Another tweet attributed to the singer quoted him as saying that Jet Airways' act showed a lack of common sense and exemplified real intolerance.

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