UAL Pilot arrested at EGLL
PJ
Danny
with anyway. Else you would think they would have handled this internally
while they were still on the ground. Call Corporate and have another pilot
sent in and tell this guy... you are too sick to fly...we are taking you to
the hotel. But they actually call the police. And then again that might
have been the instructions from Corporate, who knows.
Danny
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> http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091110/world/britain_us_airline_police_1
Dallas
> Else you would think they would have handled this internally
> while they were still on the ground.
In the flying profession, drinking before flying has always been a
despicable sin. I've been around pilots my entire life, starting with
being an Air Force brat then becoming one and it's a pretty universally
accepted rule to turn them in.
Now, drinking the night before is also a pretty universally accepted rule.
:- )
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Greasy Rider
< And then again that might have been the instructions from Corporate,
who knows. >
My United friend tells me that they have a zero tolerance for alcohol
and narcotics.
Greasy
Canuck
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Iain Smith
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:46:57 -0500, Danny wrote:
>
> Now, drinking the night before is also a pretty universally accepted rule.
And that could leave you impaired depending upon the time interval and
(obviously) how much.
Iain
Rugby, UK
Danny
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Slap
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> I think it is supposed to be 12 hours, Bottle to Throttle.
>
Has to be more than that. I'm thinking two days... 48 hours. At the very
least 24 hours. I don't know if booze leaves the body in 12 hours,
especially if say you are double the limit at midnight... can you fly at
noon?
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Josh
wrote:
I think his point was that it's not only a strict airline policy (as
it would be for all airlines and reg agencies), but that the employee
culture also has zero tolerance and is willing to turn in fellow
employees without being considered a "snitch".
Josh
boB-Copter6
I have to tell you. Back in Korea in the early 70's up in the TAC Zone
we had to have 5 pilots available, sober, in case an alert was called,
to man 5 UH-1 helicopters. The UH-1 was a single pilot helicopter and
back then it was common to fly without a co-pilot. So the co-pilots
could be a s drunk as they wanted as long as that 1 pilot was not
drinking. Usually by 2 AM everybody figured it was a safe bet that no
alert would be called. That was the case *most* of the time.
One short story. sitting out in front of the club we saw a truck hit
one of the pet dogs, who preferred us over Koreans because they could be
eaten if not careful. Several pilots rushed to the dog to help. Did I
tell you this before Dalli? Anyway, in shorts and sandals they cranked
up the alert aircraft and flew the dog down to the hospital in Youngsan.
The dog recovered.
I have no idea where the pictures I posted of the wall in the club that
said "Above the best - F--- the rest" but that about said it all about
the attitudes of the Party Pilots. Luckily alcohol makes me sick but it
made me the first choice when an alert mission came up.
I know Dalli has the location of those pictures, he saves everything. :)
There's many more story's, it's just that it's OT here.
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MikeW
>
> There's many more story's, it's just that it's OT here.
Hey boB, if it's about flying, as far as I'm concerned it's on topic. Just
keep on posting the odd story, mate. I for one, find them very interesting,
same as the ones Arthur posts, about the airline Captain.
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MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Never fly the 'A' model of anything.
John Ward
JW
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boB-Copter6
> I'll second that.
>
> JW
>
> "MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message
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>> boB-Copter6 wrote:
>>>
>>> There's many more story's, it's just that it's OT here.
>>
>> Hey boB, if it's about flying, as far as I'm concerned it's on topic.
>> Just keep on posting the odd story, mate. I for one, find them very
>> interesting, same as the ones Arthur posts, about the airline Captain.
>> --
I could start a BLOG........ :)
Chris Curtis
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> John Ward wrote:
>> I'll second that.
>>
>> JW
>>
>> "MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message
>> news:1_KdnWOfj_myVGPX...@bt.com...
>>> boB-Copter6 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There's many more story's, it's just that it's OT here.
>>>
>>> Hey boB, if it's about flying, as far as I'm concerned it's on topic.
>>> Just keep on posting the odd story, mate. I for one, find them very
>>> interesting, same as the ones Arthur posts, about the airline Captain.
>>> --
>
>
> I could start a BLOG........ :)
Do it.
In fact start two; one for flying and the other for your dogs!
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Chris
Milton Keynes, England
boB-Copter6
>>>> --
>>
>> I could start a BLOG........ :)
>
> Do it.
> In fact start two; one for flying and the other for your dogs!
The dogs.... There are many stories among the 200 or more German
Shepherds, Akita's and a few mixed breeds and cats we took in and found
home for over a 10 year span. Story's involving Rattlesnakes to having
one put me in the Hospital (my fault) and much in-between.
One of my favorites. A shelter in Maryland was sending out email asking
anyone in the Country to help save Kellysue, a blind since birth
Akita. The family that bought her as a puppy never knew she was blind
but when they found out after 6 months they didn't want her and dumped
her in the kill shelter in Aberdeen. Man, I could only read those
emails over a couple days when I wrote and told them if they could get
Kellysue here I would take her in. They flew her in that same evening
and I picked her up in Austin (Texas). She was very sick but the shelter
did not have the money to spend on her. Kellysue never knew she was
blind. In the 2 acres of Cedar in our back yard Kellysue would chase
rabbits at full speed dodging the trees. I don't know how she did it.
http://www.akita-friends.com/kellysue/kellysue001.jpg
http://www.akita-friends.com/kellysue/kellysue002.jpg