Another brilliant indivdual......
12-24-2008 | 07:45 AM
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From: F-4 Wild Weasel
12-24-2008 | 11:30 AM
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12-24-2008 | 02:20 PM
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Sad to hear a 62 year old ex-Marine, an FO for Jet Airlines, was the target here. That's a tough position to be in - I can only hope that he had a great career in the US till 60, cashed out his retirement, and then choose to continue to fly, rather than needing to keep going b/c he, like most others, lost either his job or his retirement though the bankruptcies and financial difficulties most of our employers have seen in the last decade.
It's a tough industry to be in right now, and its unfortunate to see something like this; both for the individual involved, as well as the image it brings to our profession.
12-25-2008 | 10:16 AM
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Great another Professional Pilot making us all look like drunks. While at the airline I could not go a week without some passenger asking if we had been drinking. Lock him up there is no excuse for that period.
12-25-2008 | 02:16 PM
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Stupid, but I don't feel sorry for him. Many pilots have partied too hard and took the manly way out "Hi, Scheduling? I'm sick. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow" <click>. Any pilot who drinks and flies will not have my sympathy. Too bad those younger crew members didn't help him do the right thing.
12-25-2008 | 02:43 PM
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From: B777
From another online story, the fact that Heathrow's version of the TSA is looking at crews more thoroughly than normal (just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you):
Every year, civil aviation authorities here step up surveillance to prevent drunken flying — invariably, strict checks find some pilots 'on a high' on ground itself.
