by expat » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:57 am
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081020/tuk-drunk-airline-pilot-arrested-dba1618.html should be banned for life

Ya, trail by media

As I recall, the last "drunk" pilot arrested at Heathrow had just used mouth wash. Also the term drunk, what does that actually mean? Whilst I do not condone the guy, this drunk is not fit to fly, but this drunk is fit to drive a car :-?
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
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B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.