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Suspected drunk pilot kept off Frontier flight from Omaha
A Chautauqua Airlines pilot was kept off a flight in Omaha, Nebraska, Thursday morning after he failed a blood-alcohol test, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said. The male pilot, whose identity was not released, was scheduled to fly Frontier Flight 1894 from Omaha to Milwaukee at 6 a.m., according to the airline. Both Chautauqua and Frontier are owned by Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (www.cnn.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Frontier seems to have a lot of problems with this.
Correction to last post: a Northwest Airlines pilot and the second to last line should read: we don't know the facts so give the guy a break.
And hear I thought these forums were full of highly intelligent humans, but I guess after all you are only human. I say this because many of you judge this pilot by what the media has presented to you. In a way it makes me lose respect for you. I would like each and every one of you to read the book by a northward airline pilot called "flying drunk" and see if that might change your opinion on this situation. We don'tget know theif facts so giive the guy a break. It could happen to anyone.
It was a "Northwest" Flight Engineer that wrote "Flying Drunk." The Captain, Lyle P. in AA terms, wrote a chapter in the AA Big Book called, "Grounded."
There are significant differences in the accounts, but I'm pretty sure they all agree that it's not good to drink and fly (or at least get caught....) - you decide whith person is which...
It COULDN'T "happen to anyone." It happens to people who are addicted to alcohol or to drugs (usually prescribed by a willing Doc) as a coping mechinism. Or food, or sex or whatever.
I know, I never flew under the influence, but I'm a 10 year recovering Alcoholic pilot that has been to Rehab and continues to be active in the AA community.
There are significant differences in the accounts, but I'm pretty sure they all agree that it's not good to drink and fly (or at least get caught....) - you decide whith person is which...
It COULDN'T "happen to anyone." It happens to people who are addicted to alcohol or to drugs (usually prescribed by a willing Doc) as a coping mechinism. Or food, or sex or whatever.
I know, I never flew under the influence, but I'm a 10 year recovering Alcoholic pilot that has been to Rehab and continues to be active in the AA community.
Well, I guess there's a flight deck crew position available at Republic now.
It was a good move to not allow the pilot to fly drunk.