Gaurav Taneja

Gaurav Taneja aka Flying Beast is a 34 years old Indian Youtuber, commercial pilot and nutritionist.He is known for producing YouTube videos concerning Fitness, Gaming and his daily life vlogs. He also works as a pilot for the past 9 years. Recently he came into the limelight when he raised the issue regarding the safety of pilots in Air Asia after which he was sacked from his jobhttps://www.news18.com/news/auto/major-win-for-former-airasia-pilot-gaurav-taneja-dgca-suspends-two-senior-airline-executives-2779215.htmlhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dgca-suspends-two-senior-executives-of-airasia-india-over-safety-violations/article32324183.ecehttps://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2020/06/30/airasia-india-sacks-whistleblower-pilot-gaurav-taneja.htmlhttps://www.livemint.com/companies/news/dgca-suspends-two-senior-executives-of-airasia-india-over-safety-violations-11597119074686.htmlhttps://www.ndtv.com/india-news/notice-to-airasia-over-pilot-captain-gaurav-tanejas-unsafe-landing-allegations-report-2253659https://thewire.in/labour/air-asia-fires-pilot-gaurav-taneja-youtube-dgca. Born on 9 July 1986 ,he was born and brought up in a middle-class family from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/others/gaurav-tanejas-net-worth-details-about-the-popular-youtuber-flying-beast.htmlhttps://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/music/badshah-shares-photos-with-youtuber-gaurav-taneja-fans-say-drop-new-music.htmlhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/influencer-of-the-week-meet-gaurav-taneja-the-youtuber-and-pilot-who-almost-brought-an-airline-down/story-PuB9s6Tb5DOYo7xG2Rs6nN.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSdjX4ry9fICqeObdZPAZQ
He completed his early schooling at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. After that, he enrolled himself at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal in 2008 from where he completed his graduate course in Electrical engineeringhttps://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/aug/17/i-dont-waste-a-single-minute-record-making-youtuber-gaurav-taneja-2184256.htmlhttps://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/who-is-gaurav-taneja-the-whistleblower-pilot-suspended-by-airasia-india-5410391.html.Since childhood, he was inclined towards health and nutrition and during his college days, he was known for his bodybuilding from where he decided to pursue his career in the same field by providing tips to others through his YouTube channel.https://www.cnbctv18.com/entrepreneurship/the-playbook-youtube-influencer-gaurav-taneja-on-managing-life-and-work-5124411.htm
== Career ==
In 2011, he joined Atlético Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Flight School) for training in A320 type rating.After completing training, he started working as first officer at IndiGo. In 2014, he worked as captain in Indigo. In 2019, he joined Air Asia airlines as a pilot, recently he was sacked from his job as he raised his voice in media and on social media about the irresponsible behavior regarding the safety of their pilots.
Gaurav started his career as a Youtuber who used to upload his bodybuilding tips and nutrition videos. He owns three Youtube channel that are “Flying Beast”, “Fit Muscle TV” and “Rasbhari Ke Papa”.
He has an experience of more than 13 years in the fitness field, since his college days he used to do bodybuilding and share his tips with others.
== Air Asia Controversy ==
In a video posted by taneja he alleged that AirAsia India is neglecting the safety measures which they have to take for the safety of their pilots, passengers, and the aircraft. After his statement, the “Air Asia” airlines sacked him from his job and rejected all his allegations.
Category:Indian YouTubers
Category:Commercial pilots
Category:Nutritionists