No flying in the face of safety regulations

ON SUNDAY, A YOUNG WOMAN POSTED ON her micro blog a photo taken in the cockpit of a commercial airline during a flight, which aroused public anger. On Monday, Air Guilin, the airline concerned, banned the pilot of the flight from flying for life and suspended all the crew members involved. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Some have defended the pilot and the crew by saying that the young woman might not pose any harm to the flight, but that defense is rather pale. An average commercial airliner usually carries more than a hundred passengers, and any distracting of the pilots or accidental knocking of the controls might cause the plane to crash.

The cockpit of any commercial airline is given the highest security and the woman's behavior and that of the flight crew were against domestic flight regulations. The pilot has got the penalty he deserves and there is nothing for him to complain about.