Originally Posted by
MrBigAir
Here's the scenario. This happened to me. What would you do?
You are eating lunch in uniform in a relatively full gate area minding your own business but with empty seats around you, when a woman says in a loud voice that is heard by many pax in the surrounding area that she is going to "sit next to this pilot and see if he is drunk!" She then proceeds to sit right next to you.
You are about to:
1. Jumpseat in the cockpit
or
2. Fly the trip that is departing from this gate
What do you for each case if you feel the reaction should be different.
I said "Ma'am, it is completely inappropriate to make jokes like that" and I walked away. (I was j/s btw)
What do you do?
Anyone got their own similar stories and resolutions?
I've had a passenger make a drunk remark when I was getting in the cockpit and got my pants hung on the door latch and stumbled trying to get free without ripping my pants. I turned to him and asked him to knock it off. Before I could explain why the pax around him lit into him as they apparently understood the ramifications in that if I had to be pulled from duty to test then they will likely end up with a cx or seriously delayed flight.
In this case it was a joke on his part and I continued the flight. If he had not been making fun or if he had continued past my telling him to knock it off then I would have contacted my chief and removed myself from flight status pending etoh screening.
I do not feel that an accusation can hurt you so long as you are clean. It is not the accusation but rather the positive test that screws you. That being said I would still not fly if the person was serious or if he or she would not knockout off immediately.