Originally Posted by
oldmako
The number of times that pilots have been hauled off planes and arrested, or at least made the headlines and THEN were released and exonerated is significant. I'd prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt before assuming that the press got this one right.
Everybody is innocent until being proven to be guilty. But having said that, the LAST time both members of a United cockpit crew was arrested in Glasgow on their way back to Newark (2016):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/2...ight-n-n638971
Well, if you look them up on the FAA airman database you’ll find that one of them (the former Ca) is listed there with NO current certificates, while the former FO, is shown with only a commercial and an active CFI rating.
So I think it’s safe to tell anyone that getting arrested in Glasgow for intoxication as you are about to fly an aircraft back across the pond can DEFINITELY be hazardous to your career.