yawdamp

We got a new man comin'in.

Don't you understand, Dick?

No, sir. Frankly, I do not understand.

Would you kindly lower your tone, please?

Yes, sir.

I run this show, General. If anything screws up, it's my ass in the mower.

I deserve to be notified of any changes that are made.

Nobody's arguing that with you.

Look, I caught his show on the Isle of Crete [El Sazon Mexicano Restaurant mooning northbound traffic], and this guy is funny.

I damn near busted a gut laughin' at him. And the troops, they love him.

This is a tempest in a teacup... much ado about nothing.

For crying out loud, man, this isn't brain surgery.

Don't get crazy over this, Dick. We're only talking about a damn deejay [regional pilot].

Sir, there is no such thing as "only" any more. Not now. Not in Saigon [airline industry].

Quoted, "Good Morning Vietnam!" [Good MOONIN' Alcoa, TN!!"]

soon2bfo

I lived with Mike in a crash pad in St. Louis before he transferred to Richmond. He is a nice guy. Its too bad his career is over, at least for a while anyway. At least he'll have plenty of time to kite surf now...

tylervet

Wow. The last part of my post was intended to be spelt S A R C A S M.
Sorry I offended you proskuneho.

bryris

When I used to have a real professional job, one that paid accordingly, it was incumbent upon all of us to always live our lives as if we were in the spot light.

Example: Your spouse is going into surgery tomorrow morning. You've had attention on it for a while. Its not really a risky surgery, but does have potential complications. Its being done at the local doctors office where 3 different physicians practice. Then a day or two before surgery, you read that one of the doctors got arrested for public intoxication and mooning oncoming traffic and has been suspended from practicing medicine pending a formal investigation.

How would your view of this doctor's office change? Would you continue with the surgery? Probably. As will passengers continue to fly United. But it just lowers the bar. That professional attitude and clean life that we sort of interject into someone with the skill and intelligence to secure a position in a highly regarded profession is prevalent.

Piloting is no different. Like surgeons, we hold life in our hands everyday. Regardless of this guy's 12 hours bottle to throttle situation, what he did was beneath the profession and beneath the vast a majority of all of us.

Personally, I wish him the best and hope for his sake this thing comes and goes quickly with as little damage as possible.

Sky Angel

I live right next to TYS and heard this on the news the next day. If we choose to act like this, it should be done behind closed doors. I agree also, that getting $h!t faced is a HUGE stress reliever sometimes as well! We also have to remember that our face represents the airline we work for.

DYNASTY HVY

Correction the AWA guys were busted on the ground

jsfBoat

Didn't we learn something from the Harrisburg pilot and F/A who were naked in flip flops with wristwatches and breaking into a car looking for a flashlight?

proskuneho

Thanks for clarifying. I was not offended. I am glad to know that you were being sarcastic and not serious. However, there are actually people out there who feel like that. Although the respectable, honorable pilots that reflect well on the industry far outnumber the losers, the media loves to put losers like that on tv and give us all a bad name. I agree with posters above that everyone has the right to party on their own time. Just don't tell anyone you're a professional pilot if you act like a complete idiot in public. To quote the article, "According to the police report, Saltis told officers he was a pilot for United Express."

Killer51883

yeah thats two pilots from the burgh arrested in a year for drunken frivolities

Furloughee

I think it's kinda funny. I've driven back and forth on that road many times and that part of town sucks anyways. I say let them have their fun.