Originally Posted by
bnkangle
If by perfect you mean reporting for work sober every day of your career, I'd say 99.5% of professional pilots are.
Why should this person be shown any compassion? Should drunk drivers who've killed people behind the wheel be shown compassion?
This guy knew he was tanked when he showed up for work. This is the primary issue.
These types of occurrences give all pilots a bad rap and puts us under even more scrutiny. Compassion? I think not.
You have obviously never found yourself helplessly addicted to alcohol or drugs. It's a truly hopeless and pathetic state of existence and once you have reached that stage you no longer have "a choice". I suspect you have lived an easy sheltered life. I envy you,.. Some of us have not been so fortunate.