An airline had to remind its pilots to keep cockpits 'sterile' after one invited a friend onto the flight deck and asked crew to serve her food and alcohol, reports say

• An Air India pilot spent over an hour in the cockpit with a "female friend" on a flight to Dubai in February.
• According to a complaint reported by Indian media, he asked cabin crew to serve her food and alcohol.
• On Monday, Air India reminded its 1,800 pilots of the "sterile" cockpit rule, reports say.

Air India had to remind its pilots to keep cockpits "sterile" after being rebuked by regulators when a pilot let a friend onto the flight deck, the Hindustan Times reported.