‘Unprofessional’ EasyJet pilots caught playing games on Snapchat at 30,000ft with a plane full of passengers

A co-pilot was filmed with a virtual bird that appears on a Snapchat video mid-flight

EasyJet assured passenger safety was not breached but the pilots that were involved will be spoken to

AN easyJet co-pilot is filmed dancing by his captain as they mess around on a Snapchat game while flying a plane full of ­passengers at 30,000ft.

Neither man is looking at the controls or out through the cockpit windscreen as the flier gyrates with a cartoon character ­created by the daft app.

Castellucci pulls a face with another pilot in the background

The antics were filmed during a Paris to Madrid flight on Wednesday and posted on captain Michel Castellucci’s social media account pilot flyingnut.

In another photo, Mr Castellucci posed with a cuddly bear image superimposed on his face. Angry passengers called the high jinks “irresponsible”. The high jinks were branded dangerous and unprofessional on Thursday night.

Mr Castellucci regularly uploads selfies at work and on stopovers between flights

Mr Castellucci, who is regularly in charge of jets to and from London, shared the film on social media, adding the caption: “Dancing first officer in cruise doing paperwork.”

In another video shared by the captain from their Paris to Madrid flight, a virtual owl dances beside the co-pilot, who turns and smirks inanely at the end of the footage.


EasyJet was investigating the videos while Mr Castellucci and his dancing junior colleague faced a stern ticking off.

The footage was captured as scores of passengers sat oblivious to the schoolboy antics behind the cockpit door.

Mr Castellucci posted the film on his Instagram and Facebook accounts adding emoticons of a plane and a laughing face plus hashtags including #easyjet, #a320, and #pilotlife.

But one outraged passenger ­messaged The Sun, saying: “EasyJet pilot dancing during the flight. Irresponsible.”

Another worried viewer said: “The cockpit duo were not focused on the controls, just on having a good time. It only takes seconds for something catastrophic to go wrong, even in cruise control.

“It’s dangerous, unprofessional, and sends out the wrong image. High jinks in the cockpit at 30,000ft is never a good look.”

Luxembourg-based Mr Castellucci regularly uploads wacky selfies and pics of colleagues at work and on stopovers between flights.

His cockpit dance video had been viewed 6,325 times last night, just hours after it was posted.
Comments were mixed, with one viewer stating: “So this is what pilots do when they’re bored.”

In response to another caption reading “Dancing in the cockpit” a viewer responded: “Too much fun in the cockpit.”

Snapchat users can superimpose their chosen avatar on to any environment seen via the app’s camera.

Dad-of-one Mr Castellucci earlier added a shark to a video of his un­named co-pilot awaiting take-off.
One aviation insider said yesterday: “It might be wise to save cartoons and dancing for the ground.