9E flight crew pulled from GFK-MSP flight
 

Crew is pulled from Delta commuter jet; flight to MSP canceled

• Article by: Star Tribune
• Updated: February 20, 2012 - 4:55 PM

A commuter flight from Grand Forks to Minneapolis-St. Paul was canceled after its three crew members were taken off the job, a spokesman for the airline operating the flight said Monday.
Scheduled to depart shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday with 30 passengers, Delta Connection Flight 3743 was scrubbed before boarding began, said Joe Williams, whose Pinnacle Airlines operates the flight.
"The flight attendant is the focus of the investigation. The pilot and the copilot were not," Williams said, adding that the flight attendant has been "relieved of duty pending further investigation" without pay.
"The safety of our passengers and flight crew is our first priority," he said.
Williams volunteered that Pinnacle has more strict standards than the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) when it comes to how long before a flight that crew members must abstain from drinking alcohol. Pinnacle requires 12 hours without drinking, he said, while the FAA mandates eight hours.
The CRJ 200's 30 passengers were moved to other flights later in the day, Williams said.

Wow, maybe you should post this on airline flight attendant central being that it has nothing to do with the pilots.

Mod, feel free to move.

wow, way to be a ******bag pilotcentral.

Another drinking issue within a week of the prior one !!!!!

Jesus guys is it that hard I stay away for a little while !?!?!?

Just do what I do and overdose on the nice biscoff cookies and peanuts :rolleyes:

wasn't it an Minnie FO that screwed up out 10 hour rule? Come on guys we know it's winter there but gimme a break......This in no way implies that the FA was pulled for that reason.

Lots of alcohol related stuffing going on lately... JFK CA blew something crazy after flying back to base...

*** is going on?

Is anyone really surprised? With how horrible of jobs those flight attendants have and how badly they're paid, I'm just amazed this doesn't happen more often.

Sure is a bad week to go drinking and flying.

I will move this thread - but it will be moved to the Safety forum since this drinking and attempting to work is a safety issue too.

aviatorpr - the news is always important to members of the professional aviation community.

Thanks for brining it to the forum's attention norksman2.

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