#bycottspicejet Its fully exposed now misusing a small DGCA amendment on cabin baggage to earn extra baggage fee in lacks INR everyday. See yourself that what #SpiceJet recently did with an Indian Army Lt Col wasn’t only unethical but also illegal. DGCA MoCA_GoI 1/25

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Chacha, 1000 rupey bachane ke liye itna mental gymnastics nhi krte

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb मैं तो बचा ही नहीं रहा था। मैं तो flight ticket के पैसे भी क़ुर्बान करने को तैयार था। कम से कम लिखित में तो दे दो की कौन से क़ानून के तहत de-board कर रहे हो? ये माँगना ग़लत है क्या?

@mujifren @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Hats of to your patience and efforts to expose them. I have travelled so many domestic and international including domestic flights Abroad. Never ever i encounter or view soch unethical practices. Indian airlines don't follow the laws in spirit but only use it to arm twist

@mujifren @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb I was deeply hurt to see the way they manhandled an army colonel at Srinagar & then did a full blown campaign to paint him in bad lights. We are public policy professionals, we cant see a cunning airlines misusing guidelines and will remain silent if a solider disrespected.

I was stopped from boarding like him at Delhi 1D terminal. I asked to at least show DGCA guidelines, they refused. I asked Spicejet written memo / undertaking of de-bording me citing DGCA guidelines they again refused. They kept me waiting on the gate arguing to pay. 2/25

And later Spicejet did a full blown media campaign after reasonably provoking him; left many people thinking - may be the Lt Col was wrong, violated law or was a short tempered officer? 8/25

When I said I agree with you, my boarding can be a security threat to aircraft weight balance. So, give me in writing - I’ll deal with DGCA in my way. They were shocked. I started recording as CREW wanted my flight to take off. See how tone changed seeing getting recorded 3/25

Why Spicejet ground staff Mudasir Ahmad Khan didn’t allowed Indian Army Lt Colonel at Srinagar? Did he had special hate for Indian armed forces? You can watch yourself in this video exposing their entire plot. 18/25

Super convincing logic: They are admitting that you are carrying Zero KG in check-in which means i am consuming a 12 kg less than my total allowed limit; still they have the right to de-board me for heavy luggage, only if i refuse to pay. 4/25

Dear MoCA Minister Sri @RamMNK Today, I decided to answer it & expose Spicejet. I took an extra laptop bag with my cabin trolley. I gave nothing in check-in to keep my 15 KG allowance fully unused. 9/25

This artificially created situation puts many passengers daily in this circumstance to either pay or airlines will de-board or stop them. Same happened at Srinagar with an Indian Army Lt Col recently, resulted in a bigger fight. 6/25

They tried hiding behind a recent DGCA amendment that only indicates them to discontinue an old airport practice of identifying extra and heavy cabin luggage (s) at boarding gates and send it in check-in baggage compartment of the aircraft. 5/25

I read this guideline loophole years back when it was notified, because they once tried to fool me before also. But recently when the incident of forcing & abusing an army Lt Col surfaced where SpiceJet staff literally physically fought with him 7/25

They tried their best to convince CISF to close boarding glass doors because they are the airlines with all rights. And I am just a passenger with zero rights at airport. But today they met an exceptionally calm and but wrong person for their routine skit. 11/25

DGCA must look into it scientifically; to either implement it strictly if its a real aircraft balance or security threat. DGCA must bind airlines to send any extra luggage to lower cargo compartment even from aircraft boarding gate as before. 21/25

Will Spicejet allow the me to board without fine or they will actually give it in writing? Which I was entitled to get as per same DGCA guideline. SpiceJet chooses to allow me to board without earning extra & without a single bone broken or any oral abuse from either side. 17/25

Or else should find a way to stop airlines from using a suggestive security protocol to make extra money by misleading, threatening, dozens of passengers daily with their favourite interpreted version of DGCA guideline. 22/25

I knew the cabin baggage allowance is 7 kg and I can not use my check-in baggage allowance in the cabin for obvious reasons of different limits. But this illustration was important to expose the unwarranted ruckus that Spicejet created with an Army Colonel rank official. 23/25

For an average IQ person it would appear an unwarranted argument to save money. Obviously without reading whole thread few people would take airlines side & may find my questioning Spicejet discretion was wrong. But it was in the interest of accountability & transparency. 24/25

I gave them all decently ethical options. 1️⃣ Consider my zero kg check in let me go. 2️⃣ Take my bag & check in from here. 3️⃣ I agreed wd their weight balance theory. 4️⃣ Agreed to deboard with a written memo They refused all options and memo. 25/25

And their revenue vs incentive trained crew actually stoped me from boarding. Did all acting stuff of flagging their entire hierarchy loudly on phone that - they are de-boarding a passenger today again without breaking bones or laws to terrorise me of loosing my flight. 10/25

I knew my rights at airport as well, as per the same DGCA guideline; to seek a written memo from either airport authority or the airlines in case of their refusal to board me; if I have a valid ticket & I am not in violation of any premises law. 12/25

Background: DGCA actually did this amendment due to security reasons and to discourage heavy luggage inside the aircraft cabin on overhead racks. But airlines like Spicejet using it as a trick to earn extra baggage allowance 19/25

Once I captured their magic moment in the video they had no choice left to go next level & give it in writing and provoke unpredictable escalation. CISF & Airport Authority both wanted to see how long this Spicy spell can go? 16/25

I was silently watching the crew screaming & arguing with 5 previous passengers before me to pay and witnessing #Spicejet eventually making easy unethical money till its gates. 15/25

I asked spicejet for my written memo. Since I agree with their views. They fined 5 people in-front of me for extra luggage, now its too dangerous to board with another 5 KG extra as per their own logic. 14/25

I approached CISF on the boarding gate to call senior CISF officials & airport authorities. Both confirmed that I have a valid ticket and they don’t have any reason to stop me from boarding. Its was now upto the airlines to allow or disallow. 13/25

But after earning allowances they are least bothered about scientific logic of DGCA weight balance safety guideline and overloading of overhead luggage racks; which they themselves citing as a base security reason. 20/25

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb I must B missing something here.Check-In baggage and carry-on baggage allowances R separate & treated separately & and not inter-related. So if U have zero C/I baggage but have excessive C/O baggage, surely you are in contravention of C/O rules, no? Pay up!

1. The logic behind this rule is scientifically connected with overhead luggage rack capacity, which is sidelined here to earn extra money by airlines. 2. Airline has to take the responsibility of de-boarding and bound to give a written memo to passenger, as per their interpretation of guideline.

@viram_purna @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb

My Dear Spicejet PR Bot, This ultrasound intelligence you got from Chat GPT or Perplexity? What does it mean when your AI comprehension of guideline says you are encouraged to seek documentation at airport if denied boarding? I am a public policy professional and i preferred reading actual guideline in PDF printed and kept on my office table, not a genz doing some random AI chatbot search.

@viram_purna @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Dude, don't get tense. Airline in this case would have allowed you to board the flight provided you meet terms of baggage. Instead you "choose" to not board. Go and rwad dgca conditions for written notice. You "voluntarily" decided not to board by not respecting terms of baggage.

@viram_purna @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Now u are speculating, before u were citing chat GPT to do PR for SpiceJet If crew is saying excess baggage can be a threat to aircraft balance and I myself saw 5 people boarding the flight with extra load. Why shouldn’t I believe them? I agreed & asked same in writing.

@viram_purna @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb You or I don't know about those 5. But you didn't pay for extra weight and "choose" to not board. Airlines are not mandated to give written letter for your choice of not boarding. Baggage rules are already informed to you at time of ticket booking.

@viram_purna @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb I said ‘I agreed’ not voluntarily decided to de-board. It means they said something, which they were not comfortable to give in writing. By the way send me the stuff that you are smoking. Because you can troll better without it.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Agree sir, if they want to weight my handbag they should weight at the checkin counter/security clearance counter. They just want to create panic that their flight is going to miss if they late to pay.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb That their modus to operate! You pay or lose your flight. I gave them a question out of their syllabus. Give me in writing, i agree to de-board, i subscribe your threat narrative.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Airlines is NOT AT ALL at fault here. You were arguing unnecessarily with the airline representatives. Cabin luggage allowance is only 7kgs. If you were to carry a 12 kg hand baggage, it is bound to be penalised.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Kartik I am public policy professional. Read the thread, i knew what i was doing and I was prepared to get de-boarded. There could have more unpredictable escalation that they would have faced, if I would have got memo citing DGCA guidelines exercising their discretion.

@kartik2121519 @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Moronic argument. What were you planning to do with the written memo , assuming they had given it to you ? YOU YOURSELF admit you were in the wrong , now tour argument is you wanted a memo from them ! Sick.

@kartik2121519 @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb My Dear Spicejet paid PR Troll and part time Congress worker it’s about passengers, consumers, users and what we face, that Army Officer faced, not about your party. That you have to troll endlessly & baselessly. Read the thread and send me the stuff you are smoking.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Why are you trying to bully and intimidate staff with aggressive tone and sticking a camera on his face and repeating the same thing on and over. He has given you your options. Either pay for the extra 5kgs or go back to the checkin counter and deposit your bag.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb No listen video again, he didn’t gave me the option to go and check in the baggage, coz its closed 45 min ago. I was given 2 options 1. Pay 10000/- for extra 5 kg. Or 2. Deboard your flight go home. I opted to de-board and asked for a written memo within my rights.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Why not pay Rs.10000 (get a receipt for it) and then contest it in consumer court. Spot ticket will cost you a lot more for alternative flight. Ideally it should be 550 x 5 + 1k maybe additional, could not find the Rs.2k per kg at gate penal charges online as indicated

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb The passenger is wrong

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Thank you for the judgement milord. I pray to god someday they de-board you from a plane because your mobile rang while plane taxing; orally citing the theory of internet interference, without any written memo and you miss your world tour flight for which you saved for years.

@noyes99 @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Why are you even arguing who identify himself as a wild junglee rakash

@Abhijeet_Sinhaa @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Haha. Thanks 7th simple guy.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb I think the staff is right in this case,the hand baggage comes with a limit 7kgs and there are technical reasons behind it which every airline in the world follows. Upper storage compartment in the aircraft have limited space. If you have a heavy handbag,u must check in that.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb That is what I asked him - that if I pay you 10,000/- @ 2000/- per kg how will this money make your overhead luggage racks stronger enough to hold the weight. Its silence there after. They asked me to board.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb aaval darje ke unpad aadmi ho aap sinha sahab

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb इसीलिए लिखित में मांगा था ताकि आप जैसे किसी पढ़े लिखे को दिखा सकें। लेकिन लिखित de-boarding memo देने की जगह उन्होंने जाने दिया। मतलब सब साफ़ है - फँस गया और फाइन दिया तो ठीक है नहीं फँसा तो जाने दो।

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb yeh likha toh hua hai unki website par, agar mai unke jagah par hota, toh mujhe koi aitraaz nahi hota likh kar de dene ke liye rules ko impose karte waqt ye argument kabhi nahi kaam karta ki doosro ke liye kyun nahi impose kiya gaya...

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Both airline staff have handled the situation very well, especially the latter one. The passenger was trying to be oversmart. What was the harm in giving the bag at the checking counter if it weighed 12 kg and above? Why argue so much?

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb They were not ready to take it in Chck-in because its closed 40 min ago. I was given only two options 1. Pay 10,000/- for extra weight 2. Or not allowed to board. I choosen to deboard but they refused to give written memo.

@MumbaiVinayak @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Actually many people are not reading your complete thread and are assuming that you are just trying to save money by unnecessary arguing. Some after reading like this vinayak is not able to get the real point.

@Abhijeet_Sinhaa @MumbaiVinayak @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Yes. He made two points. - If you are ready to pay extra charge, the weight risk for the plane evaporates - if you are being de- boarded, you have a right to have the reason in writing given by airlines.

@champabati44671 @Abhijeet_Sinhaa @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Plane evaporates (😀) : No doubt the extra weight charges are exaurbidant. However that is for discouraging passengers from carrying avoidable excess weight. Written note: Passenger himself opted out.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb It's happening purely because of govt agencies who gave full rights to airlines staff to deboard anyone Weight logic is illogical coz flight safety/balance is not impacted by overweight/light passengers! @RamMNK

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb @RamMNK If one miner amendment can yield everyday lacs of rupees to airlines. What are the chances that DGCI decision maker person or official can not be influenced by airlines to wrap this miner amendment in a security wrapper. So that no one can doubt at their hand shake..

@time4MAN @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb @RamMNK Do you think dgca thought of security reason? Or kickbacks were huge

@time4MAN @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb @RamMNK I don’t know the picture behind curtain!

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb The guy making the video just doesn’t want to listen. No airlines will allow overweight baggage in flight,the extra baggage usually goes in cargo hold with other baggage or you need to pay extra if that limit also utilized. It’s a normal practice on all the world airlines.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Pradeep ji, maine video majburi me banaya! Na wo memo de rahe the na wo onboard kar rahe the, na de-board kar rahe the. Bas time pass kar rahe the ki meri flight miss ho jaye. Flight miss hojati to nayi tikat lene ka video dal raha hota mai…

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb That is unacceptable abhijeet ji.Perhaps in future rather than getting into argument with these guys better take precautions to not let baggage exceed weight. I always do myself.

I don’t think Spicejet is at complete fault here. Here passenger himself decided that he has not checked in anything (because he must be trying to avoid standing in the queue for check-in) and directly came at the boarding gate with more than allowed limit baggage. He can be heard saying that if I have not checked in then you’re not allowing me to board with 5kg extra. By this rule, anyone booking the ticket will have 15+7kg allowance as per ticket and everyone will start approaching directly at the gate saying we have not checked in our bag, allow us to carry more weight in hand baggage. What kind of foolish explanation is that. Above that he is not even letting staff say a word and only repeating DCGA guidelines and trying to intimidate the staff there. People with camera these days have started behaving like whatever they are recoding will get accepted as proof. What non-sense!

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Great Observations ! Brilliant Speculations ! Amazingly Deep video analysis I am touched by the fact you established today that - Who reads the text today bro in front of a video? I wish God would have given you a reading glass too with many sunglasses.

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb God never gives you reading glasses. You have to buy it. And my comment was on video only. In today’s era, you are writing a book on X, may be you selected a wrong platform for such a blog in itself. Small and crisp message would have served the purpose here.

Oh man, you are an atheist! You buy things without gods grace… What all you purchased till date btw? And you belongs to the Gen Z group who cant read or write beyond 280 letters in one go. Reading a 25 tweet thread must be a task for u, but u are quick in writing your opinion. Perfect for Aamir’s next film.

Sure, label me Gen Z if you want. But from this conversation, it’s clear : Gen Z, millennial, or whatever I am, I’m the one able to maintain my calm. Meanwhile, you seem a little too desperate to prove your point. No wonder you were defending that utterly illogical move of carrying 10kg as cabin baggage and saying you can’t de-board me where as, what airline staff was just saying is to pay for extra luggage 😄

What a poor show! Almost everyone who is modern, educated and has some sense of airlines will understand that when you book a ticket, it shows CLEARLY the limit for hand baggage and check in baggage. Come on, is it so hard to understand? You tried to be smarter. But got caught. And to save it all, you started filming. Rules are rules and these (weight restrictions) are shown before you book a flight. Not a fan of SpiceJet but wanted to have an open dimaag reply here. Chill!

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb You are an editor, can I dare to request you to read?

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @Warrior_Mukul @Ptr6Vb Now this is wrong ...don't want to allow cabin baggage for weight then take it in check in at boarding gate as is standard practise worldwide including India