Drunk Pilots

[Barney Google]

United Airlines pilots suspected of being drunk arrested in Glasgow
Flight to New Jersey delayed 10 hours while the airline sought replacement pilots

"Police and airline officials say two United Airlines pilots have been arrested for suspected intoxication before they were to fly 141 passengers from Scotland to the United States.

United Airlines officials have confirmed Saturday's arrest of the pilots, aged 45 and 35, at Glasgow Airport. The Police Service of Scotland says both men are expected to be arraigned Monday at a court in Paisley, a Glasgow suburb, to face charges connected to Britain's transport safety laws."...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-pil ... -1.3738812

2 Air Transat pilots charged with being impaired before Glasgow to Toronto flight
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/a ... -1.3684955


I've always been somewhat of a trepidatious flyer - stories like these don't help.

Maybe it's just a Glasgow thing...

[Smurf]

The pilots in both cases should suffer sever consequences and never fly again. As far as I am concerned they should also take away their drivers licenses for 5 years. I don't care if they are human or not when all those lives are in danger.

[jimmy4321]

That's just booze.
I wonder how many are poppin pills etc.
Too bad there isn't an affordable way to have more and regular drug testing, especially for jobs where impairment can adversely effect many.

[Graham Adder]

Pilot:

G'evening lazies and general men, Thisizzzz yer Cap'n sprechening.

Co-pilot:

G'me that mic, Mike. Mike? Mic, Mike! Oh my gawd Mike did you hear me say that?

Pilot:

That mic's turned on.
Not this Mike.
That one.

<Audible laughter heard over P.A..>

Pilot:

Ok, fokes. 'Ave ya. Wait. Do ya. Yeahhhhh. Do ya know the one red hen chant?
My co-pilot taught it me in the jinking lounge.
Jinking? No I mean the pre-fight.
Pre-flight lounge.
Dayum, my thung is thick!

Co-pilot:

One red hen, and a couple of ducks...

- In walks police officer -

Officer:

Gentlemen, there seems to be a disturbance here.

Pilot:

Honest Occifer, we aven't dreen binking. We're jus' trying to fake tight.

<more audible laughter from cockpit mic>

Pilot:

Take flight!
Whooo-hooooooeeeee.

Officer:

Come with me.

<laughter and intoxicated singing of The Kongos, Come With Me Now fades off mic>

Thanks, but I think I'll drive.

[Dizzy1]

Happens far too often, having said that - I can't recall there being a crash, at least in the Western World, involving drunk pilots at the controls of a commercial airliner.

As the rule goes, 8 hours from bottle to throttle.

[Graham Adder]

I've never heard of it, or at least if I did it didn't stick. Fell outy the other ear. Not likely though. That kind of news usually bounces around awhile before falling out.

I hope it's not a new thing...this idea that having one or two wobblies before flying.
I also hope that past stats are not skewed to hide a dirty truth we've overlooked.

I prefer to drive anywhere I need to go. I like driving across Canada. It is never less than an adventure.

[Dizzy1]

I've never heard of it, or at least if I did it didn't stick. Fell outy the other ear. Not likely though. That kind of news usually bounces around awhile before falling out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_W ... Flight_556
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/29 ... 63298.html
https://www.amazon.com/FLYING-DRUNK-Nor ... B002IKKX9S
http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/200 ... 1-sun.html
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/10 ... -frankfurt

Just a very few examples.