[actuator]

> Air India has always had a YOLO attitude to air traffic control.

What do you mean by this? Do you have some examples in mind. Also, the airline is a different entity now from a few years back.

> I'm somewhat surprised America doesn't restrict inbound and outbound flights from overflying Russia.

I am sure they would have but this might have been a concession few governments might have secured to keep flights economically viable.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Do you have some examples in mind

AI 121 came to mind [1]. I've also been on domestic Air India flights where e.g. the plane never bothered leveling off. We just flew from Bombay to Delhi at a 30-degree angle.

[1] https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2323889-air-india-flight-121

[unmole]

> AI 121 came to mind

You mean a misunderstanding arising from a glitch in the app? https://twitter.com/QuebecTango/status/1496835604503576582

> We just flew from Bombay to Delhi at a 30-degree angle.

I didn't realise Avatar was commercially operational already. Someone should update the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(spacecraft)

Air India has plenty of real issues worth criticising. There's no need to make up plainly nonsensical stuff.

[govg]

If you actually did do that, you probably ended up 500km in the atmosphere. I'm all for criticising the Indian carrier but stuff like "it never levelled off" makes no sense given the scale of airline operations in India.

[anaganisk]

I believe you, how was it flying by ISS? Did you wave hands at the astronauts?