Originally Posted by
snippercr
Legal no - he should no have to worry about jail time or fines. However, if Skywest has a zero tolerance policy and a .02 limit, he will get fired and with that on his record, never work another airline job again.
Kinda depends on a whole slew of factors, and this scenario has played out multiple times before at some of the places I've worked. And how SKW deals with it may NOT be how some others deal with it, but here's one possible way;
Management/HR/Chief Pilot: "Hey, you broke a company policy, we can't have that. We'd like to be generous and suggest you submit your resignation."
"Co-pilot"/FO: "But I didn't break an FAR".
Management/HR/Chief Pilot: "Ok, fair enough, we'll fire you. And it'll be on your record that you were fired from an air carrier. So we'll tell you AGAIN, we'd like you submit your resignation, but it's your choice what you'd rather have".