I'm sure this wasn't his 1st time showing up over the legal limit. Luckily, he finally got caught before something serious happened to innocent people. I feel for his family, but he put himself in the predicament that he is in and deserves what he has coming to him. I understand it's a disease and some can't control themselves, but that is NO excuse not to make the right decision the next day.

Question is where was his Captain? He should of never made it to the airport, good job looking after your crew.....

Kinda have to agree.

Wearing a polka dot tie with a pin stripe shirt, that's a dumb mistake.

But watch/flipflops guy did is the dumb stuff you're supposed to get out of your system in high school/college.

But sadly, as mentioned, it simply doesn't matter since he was hired at DAL.

Along with pilots that got DUI's AFTER their college days while serving as a crew member flying Delta's passengers around on a DelCon carrer, arrested and charged with felonies AFTER their college days, etc etc etc........

If he wants to keep his job/career, he'd better be an alcoholic. HIMS doesn't work for one-time bad judgement, you have to have a sustained issue.

I don't think keeping his job is on the table now. As for career? He's probably done, certainly on the career track he was on.

HIMS will bring him back, if he has a substance problem.

Aren't you a holier than thou type. Maybe his captain was checking the weather for the day maybe the captain was talking to their spouse on the phone, perhaps they were still waking up because it was early in the morning. Throwing the stone in a glass house.

HIMS is not a get out of jail card like an ASAP. This is now a criminal act. It doesn't work that way.

You make it sound like he should be able to walk scot-free.

I don't really want to comment on this particular individual, what happened was unfortunate and hope he gets some serious help. Anyways.....

Aren't some of the cargo companies 24 hours bottle to throttle? Heard that from two separate people lately. Just curious. Sadly, if the pilot group can't come together to help people like this out ahead of time, that's exactly what it will come down to before you know it-especially how the media blows things out of proportion this day in age in regards to aviation. Do I think it should be 24 hours, no, but I feel like I know where this is going....