Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Is there really some point to cross here when you are considered to have the intention to step foot on the aircraft?
It would seem to me that if he got dressed in his uniform, didn't mention his condition, rode in the hotel van to the airport, passed through security, and made it to the gate - - - all of those would count as an 'intention to step foot on the aircraft'.
I'm asking. Would it make a difference if security stopped rather than having made it through to the gate? Maybe the way I'm looking at it - 'intention to step onto the aircraft' was just a poor choice of words - in a legal sense in any matter.
USMCFLYR
Security won't stop you...there's no law against going through a TSA checkpoint drunk, even in uniform.
What they will do is discretely notify the cops...they WANT to pull you out of the airplane, otherwise they can't charge you with anything. Kind of like a drunk walking to parking lot is not a DUI.
There was a notable case of a drunk pilot who got stopped at the gate before boarding the plane. The cops tried to give him a sobriety test and he said on what grounds? They pondered this and realized that they had no grounds...yet.
They notified the company, who tried to fire the pilot. But that didn't stick either because he claimed that he had realized his condition and was planning on using the station phone to call in unfit. They couldn't disprove that, so they had to keep him (presumably got a no-show, but one of those is not grounds for firing).
The whole problem here was that the guy probably didn't tip the van driver...all you cheap bastards take note.