So what’s the big deal of having booze in your flight bag? I thought there was a liquid exemption for crew in uniform. Can we bring wine/liquor/beer with us to/from a layover? I always thought that was ok.

Same.


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I’ve had a random and had some Captain Morgan in there to help forget about a 30 hour layover to Nowheresville. TSA didn’t seem to care.

There is of course nothing against having booze with us (just brought a nice bottle of red home from CDG), it's more of the don't show up to the checkpoint having consumed AND having booze with you. I don't think the bottle would've made any difference - especially being unopened - had circumstances been different and he went through and then got caught.

Still hope he gets the help he needs and gets on a good path.

As to your last statement I talked to someone in the program and they said he is doing well. If you believe the statistics he is not the only pilot we have with a dependency issue. I hope they all get help before the end up on the news or more importantly flying an airplane when they shouldn’t be

dick move posting this.

Agreed. What's the point? Something about kicking a guy when he's down comes to mind.....

I agree with you about the classlessness.

But Gabe will be ok, he is on his way back up.

That's good to hear.

I wouldn't have posted it. But it's enlightening to see what all can make it to prime time. I wouldn't have expected booking interview video to be so accessible. Good reminder not to say squat without a lawyer present.