Air Dynamics

Recently when I was in Bombay I read article in The Times of India which talked about how Jet Airways was discriminating against its Indian passengers by not serving them non-vegetarian food on the Bombay-Gujarat bound flights. The same airline was serving it to foreigners traveling with them. Indian passengers were served with non-vegetarian food only after they put up a fight. The excuse given to everyone was that they had not selected the "non-vegetarian food" preference while booking their tickets. When I read that I was a little surprised. But when my friend himself went through that twice (on an Indian Airlines flight) I decided that it was time for some action. I don't know what is the procedure to be followed. Whether simply writing a letter to the newspaper would be enough to ensure that something is done to end this discrimination, I do not know. I don't even know if this matter holds enough national importance to start a signature campaign. But what I do know is that this is injustice and for centuries our clan has put up with injustice silently. I think its time we took matters into our own hands. The internet medium gives us this opportunity to do so. And I want to make use of it.

My questions to you all are:

• Do you think that the Airline is aware of this issue? Do they know that their crew behaves in this way?
• Is it a policy to not serve non-vegetarian food on flights bound to a certain state?
• Is it a violation of law or denial of fundamental rights to refuse someone their preferred food, or is it only discrimination?
• What possible action can be taken to solve this problem?

I await your comments/responses/suggestions.