Not Again!!?!

[The Prussian]

New York Post Article...
He loves to fly high and it showed.
A Delta pilot was so plastered when he was yanked from the cockpit of a Detroit-bound flight in London that he thought the plane was headed to the Big Apple, it was reported yesterday.
First Officer George LaPerle, 48, reeked of alcohol as he boarded Flight 5 at Heathrow Airport on Nov. 1 -- and he was sitting with his shoelaces untied at the controls when cops caught up to him, the London Sun reported.
The besotted Bostonian's blood-alcohol level was five times the legal limit for pilots, the newspaper said.
The airman was hauled off the Boeing 757, which was carrying 213 passengers, by Scotland Yard and kept in custody overnight.
LaPerle is due back in a British court Nov. 16 to face charges of being trashed on the tarmac.
Delta suspended the allegedly sloshed pilot pending the outcome of the case.
The incident is déjà vu for Delta. On Sept. 15, an allegedly soused pilot was taken off a flight from Amsterdam to Newark and arrested by Dutch authorities.



Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/intern..._cockpit_PeJ9iFlWyvecTPqDJnn9hM#ixzz14bXZNr78

 

[JoeMerchant]

There must be a mistake...MAJOR airlines always hire only the best. It must be a Delta Connection flight.....:laugh:

 

[goodgig]

Wow. Going to be hard to recover from that one.

 

[RedDogC130]

general......general...anyone heard from the general today?

 

[jonjuan]

Isn't this an interview scenario: "What do you when the other pilot shows up and is obviously drunk?"

 

[RedDogC130]

I would ask him why was I not invited.

 

[Metro752]

Hhahahaha

 

[GuppyWN]

The pilots didn't lobby at the same time? Or share the van ride to the airport together?

Somebody wasn't a good co-worker. You've GOT to bail your buddy out because he obviously can't do it for himself.

Gup

 

[spudskier]

How scary and sad... if he's an alcoholic, it's a disease and hopefully he'll get the help he needs as well as find a new way to be productive in society. if not, he threw his career away for a lil alcohol. (or a lot)

I'd be curious who alerted authorities and why the captain didn't put the kiebash on the whole thing before it got that far. At the very least he could have told the FO to call in sick or he'd call in sick for him and then gotten the FO the help he needed when he was back state-side. Now the poor shmuck is stuck in European courts. Sounds like our double-breasted captain failed as a human being and friend as well.

 

[densoo]

This should never have happened. Somebody, somewhere along the way, needed to make sure this guy didn't go through security.

 

[IAHERJ]

New York Post Article...
He loves to fly high and it showed.
A Delta pilot was so plastered when he was yanked from the cockpit of a Detroit-bound flight in London that he thought the plane was headed to the Big Apple, it was reported yesterday.
First Officer George LaPerle, 48, reeked of alcohol as he boarded Flight 5 at Heathrow Airport on Nov. 1 -- and he was sitting with his shoelaces untied at the controls when cops caught up to him, the London Sun reported.
The besotted Bostonian's blood-alcohol level was five times the legal limit for pilots, the newspaper said.
The airman was hauled off the Boeing 757, which was carrying 213 passengers, by Scotland Yard and kept in custody overnight.
LaPerle is due back in a British court Nov. 16 to face charges of being trashed on the tarmac.
Delta suspended the allegedly sloshed pilot pending the outcome of the case.
The incident is déjà vu for Delta. On Sept. 15, an allegedly soused pilot was taken off a flight from Amsterdam to Newark and arrested by Dutch authorities.



Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/intern..._cockpit_PeJ9iFlWyvecTPqDJnn9hM#ixzz14bXZNr78

First off, consider the source of this article. I'm not sure this info is accurate. A trans-Atlantic 757 does not carry 213 passengers and no pilot who is 5 times over the legal limit would make it through security. I think there is more(or a lot less) to this story...

 

[densoo]

First off, consider the source of this article. I'm not sure this info is accurate. A trans-Atlantic 757 does not carry 213 passengers and no pilot who is 5 times over the legal limit would make it through security. I think there is more(or a lot less) to this story...

He was over the legal limit "for pilots." If the limit is .02 over there, then he could have been a .10 and been five times over the legal limit for pilots, although just .02 over the legal limit for driving, a number that people are generally more familiar with.

The rag magazines are masters at skewing numbers to exaggerate. Trying to fly while over the limit is no exaggeration to be sure. It is illegal and dangerous.

But "five times over" makes it sound like he was at .40 and words of "plastered," "besotted," "trashed," "sloshed," and "soused" are obviously meant to paint a picture of someone who could hardly stand up. This was probably not the case, but it sure gets people stirred up--and that's what sells magazines.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Maybe the Capt saw the train wreck coming and decided it was best for the FO to learn the lesson the hard way. He could have at least told him his shoes were untied.

 

[General Lee]

Nope, not me. If this is true, it is really sad. I am glad this type of stuff never happens at other airlines......


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Maui Jim]

Nice way to throw it all away. 5 times the limit???