ASA drunk flight attendant cancels flight

[bailout]

this isnt exactly what needed to happen in LEX....

 

[great cornholio]

heard she opened a mini of Jack Daniels on the plane after push back.... NO BS that is what i have heard

We had a F/A replace the water in her Crystal Gyzer water bottle with Vodka last summer and she got tanked on a ground stop to ORD.

 

[RadioClash]

...Didn't we have a DFW FA quit in LEX also? She ended up not showing up for the morning flight back to DFW, she rented a car and drove home! What on earth goes on in that horse land up there???

No she did not rent a car and drive back to DFW. She got wasted, called her family who live in SDF and they came and picked her up in the middle of the night.

 

[John Pennekamp]

The Atlanta news reported last night that it was a Comair FA. Was it Comair, ASA, or "Delta"?

 

[av8er2]

This is only the beginning of the new type of employee they are going to attract.

 

[405]

Ok, please forgive me I'm a little confused. Was she actually taken off in a stretcher? The news report said her b.a.c. was .032. That's not only under the driving limit, that's under the arbitrary .04 faa legal limit. I don't understand, how would someone be so stumbling drunk with a blood alcohol content of .032? Isn't that like accidentally swallowing some listerene in the morning?

Please enlighten me, I'm tired (not drunk)

I was wondering if I was the only one to catch that.

Was it .32 or .032? Maybe a misprint? A BAC of .32 would probably justify a stretcher.

 

[Reebo]

She was hired in June of this year..

She was ex Trans States. Had a few "issues" over there too....

 

[bacardi]

I was wondering if I was the only one to catch that.

Was it .32 or .032? Maybe a misprint? A BAC of .32 would probably justify a stretcher.

I actually know a pilot who is good friends with her. it was .032. He talked to her today after she got out of jail. They compted drinks due to a mtx delay and she saw the captain take drinks from the liquor kit and said something to him about it. It was after that that he had the plane returned to the gate. She had been drinking the night before and blew under the legal limit for a flight crew member.

Not my words but from a trusted pilot that spoke with her today.

 

[Flyer1015]

is charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, terroristic threatening and alcohol intoxication.

Huh? What has our nation come to?

How is this lady's smack talk to the captain considered 'terroristic threatening' ?!?

Look up the definition of terrorism and terroristic threatening. This lady does NOT fit that description.

An 'interfering with flight crew' charge should do the trick, but a 'terroristic threatning' charge?!

Right, I'm sure she was supporting al-Qaeda when she told the captain that he's dead.

Sad what our nation has come to.

Bin Laden must be rolling off his dialysis by reading about this event.

 

[bacardi]

Huh? What has our nation come to?

How is this lady's smack talk to the captain considered 'terroristic threatening' ?!?

Look up the definition of terrorism and terroristic threatening. This lady does NOT fit that description.

An 'interfering with flight crew' charge should do the trick, but a 'terroristic threatning' charge?!

Right, I'm sure she was supporting al-Qaeda when she told the captain that he's dead.

Sad what our nation has come to.

Bin Laden must be rolling off his dialysis by reading about this event.

True!

 

[s.o.sJTB]

Al-queda's goal is to make us look stupid and turn us into a police state.....destroy us from the inside out.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Not to excuse this is any way, but....

Please, let's all recognize that alcoholism is, in fact, a diagnosable disease. I'm not saying, "Let's cut the girl some slack" by any means. However, from the perspective of someone who grew up around alcohol dependency, I would urge everyone to consider the possibility that there may have been more going on here than some nutjob flight attendant who wanted to have a drink or two.

My two cents anyway...

ps. Anyone who feels like making a reply on the order of, "learn to control the urge".... just skip it. With some people it's just not possible.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

I actually know a pilot who is good friends with her. it was .032. He talked to her today after she got out of jail. They compted drinks due to a mtx delay and she saw the captain take drinks from the liquor kit and said something to him about it. It was after that that he had the plane returned to the gate. She had been drinking the night before and blew under the legal limit for a flight crew member.

Not my words but from a trusted pilot that spoke with her today.

Untrue. Per crewtrac, that flight left 20 minutes late. Per company policy, they wouldn't have been comping drinks. Enough damage has been done without trying to drag other crewmembers down, don't you think?

 

[GeekMaster]

I KNOW THIS CAPTAIN. He flew with me many times when he was an FO. While I have not spoken with him since this incident, I seriously doubt he would have taken his own liquor stash from the galley over comped drinks. That would be a bigger shock than the idea of a drunk FA.

 

[sperfly]

I KNOW THIS CAPTAIN. He flew with me many times when he was an FO. While I have not spoken with him since this incident, I seriously doubt he would have taken his own liquor stash from the galley over comped drinks. That would be a bigger shock than the idea of a drunk FA.

I personally flew with this captain as soon as he returned from LEX and didn't know him from Adam. But I can assure anyone that without a doubt that the guy wasn't the type of person to steal from the company. And I'm pretty sure that .032 is a misprint and was told that it was indeed .32.