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.
Have you ever showed up to work very fatigued? Many pilots do, yet research shows fatigue closely resembles being under the influence of something. Or how about an illness of some sort? Again many pilots do, and worse yet many are self medicating with non FAA approved drugs. The system worked and he was not allowed to fly.