Originally Posted by
Cajun11
The amount of blind excuse making for this jacka@$ is befuddling. Nobody held a gun to this guy's head and forced him to get drunk enough to wreak of booze the next morning. Nobody is perfect but there's a line between honest mistake/learn from it type actions and being just flat out stupid. If you want to show up to work trashed then work somewhere where it isn't national news when you get caught. SKW and 'drunk pilot arrested' isn't a headline I enjoy seeing on news feeds. This sense of entitlement and "hey man, you don't know what he's going through, you're not perfect either" attitude is BS IMO. Let's all come together, hold hands, and send up thoughts and prayers for this pour soul that he gets the treatment he needs and can come back stronger than ever...give me a break
Thank you. This wasn't a mistake or an unfortunate turn of circumstance that befell him, he made a consious decision to report for work imparied. I have witnessed addictions of all sorts firsthand. I absolutely understand how insidious and life-consuming addiction can be. It does not excuse
allowing it to endanger the lives of others. Feeling empathetic for the struggle an addict is going through and having zero tolerance for behaviors like this are not mutually exclusive reactions. This pilot, and any who reports for duty intoxicated, fails their obligation to the public trust in spectacular fashion and does not belong anywhere near the pointy end of an aircraft. I have zero sympathy for someone who disgraces my profession this way. I hope he gets the help he needs and learns a lesson that changes his life.