Originally Posted by
Windsor
I'm not a lawyer. I dont speak legalise. What I do know is that if he blew over .04, he's toast. In order to get into hims or a similar rehab program, he would have had to self disclose. You have a very very hard hill to climb if you get caught. Its not impossible. Its been done. But it is very expensive and a very long process.
RAH position is zero tolerance on this. BAC of .02 is the Company minimum.
Also, It was my understanding that as a crew member, once you board an aircraft, law enforcement "jurisdiction" moves from Local to Federal. Local police can request you deplane, but TSA or the FBI has jurisdiction and can forcibly remove you. Not sure on that, but I remember witnessing a FA tell an Alleghney County cop in PIT to pound sand (pre-9/11) when he requested her to deplane for setting off a door/gate alarm. He threatened all kinds of crap, but she wagged her finger in his face and told him to get off the plane...and he did. It was cool.