Not again....

[CX880]

Wow Skywest is a great regional, their pilots actually get the chance to get loaded where as some other regionals require their pilots to sleep standing at layovers.

 

[atrdriver]

I really, really hope this is flamebait. Naturally the TSA m*therf%&*&s would want to have priority right below an FAA inspecctor...

No, it's not flamebait. Within a year after they were formed they tried to get jumpseat access. In fact, it was when they were still allowing NO pilots, even from their own airlines to have actual jumpseat access. They figured that since the jumpseat was ALWAYS available, they would have it made.

 

[Mike man]

I thought it was a crime for any one to board an airplane drunk...so why can't the TSA pick drunk passengers out too. I'm not saying that pilots should be left alone if they are thought to be drunk but seriously why not passengers too?

 

[Mr Wu]

Just a thought here........Nowhere in the article did it say he failed a sobreity test or mention the results of a BAC test. You guys are blaming TSA for railroading pilots but you are doing a good job of it yourselves. Why not wait until something official is posted before tearing the guy up?

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Railroaded? Exactly. They railroaded the rest of us professional pilots by showing up to work after an all night bender. My guess is that they are currently taking the old number 9 freight train up the caboose. "Unfortunately", they will end up getting out of the can having to wear depends for the rest of their lives while being allowed to drive a school bus. dang liberal laws.

Nope... No school bus for them. Can't get hired with a felony conviction. Life is not going to be kind to those guys when they get out of the pokey.

 

[flylowman]

I am going to take a spritzer of rum with me and spray myself just before going threw security. Screw them. They need to be looking for Mahamad Al Jackmeoff, not the sobriety police. It is your responsibility not to show up to work drunk, Stupid. Stupid, Stupid

 

[Terry Hunter]

Hmmm,
The original poster posts "not again..."?

Can we believe that people use alcohol? How about abuse alcohol? How about being addicted to alcohol?

If one is addicted, they will bend the rules to use it. The only way people get a chance to face their drinking problem is to have consequences. Sometimes that involves a 3rd party saying - hey you can't be here at this time, while you have have been drinking.

IF this pilot has been confirmed of showing up with alcohol in his/her system, then they should face appropriate consequences.

However, will this happen again and again? Well, if only we could crack the code on addiction. For those who don't have drinking problems, this seems oh so easy.

 

[SKYWRJGUY]

Guys and gals that don't drink on overnights, that normally might at home seem to be a bit conservative. It is possible to have a drink or two on an overnight, and with proper rest (time), have it COMPLETELY out of your system prior to a showtime. To suggest that your body has a memory effect of alcohol, or that some aura is present suggesting you once had alcohol and you might still be impaired well after a time that dissiaptes the effects (cognitive and physiological), is simply silly. That approach is akin to a management kneejerk reaction to small items--make a big stance for a small problem, or one that isn't at all, but giving window dressing to it. Do what you like, but for valid reasons...

...if you're paranoid about getting caught 13 hrs after drinking two drinks, say so--it has nothing to do with the physical effects of alcohol, however.

 

[snap145]

man....i picked the wrong week to quit sniffin glue

 

[Burt Reynolds]

no, glue is fine. just make sure that you're in uniform when you commute so the TSA won't steal your "liquid gold"...

 

[Fly2Scuba]

Flight instructing in a college program, a roommate of mine wouldn't drink any alcohol THREE days before his simulator portion (first part) of the Comair interview process beacause he "didn't want anything used against him" to get the job. Funny stuff. I personally don't drink much at all on overnights because it's so damn expensive usually compared to drinking at home. Veracruz 30 hour overnight is a different story. Anyways there is no excuse to showing up drunk when you can always call in sick and the union (hmmmm, Skywest - ummmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmmmm, okay maybe not) and most companies provide employee support lines in addition to all the other national resources available to all the alcoholics out there. You gotta be sober at some point to recognize you have a problem.

 

[Flying-Corporal]

I actually heard at one point that TSA was trying to get jumpseat priviledges, but that it got shot down by the airlines. Can you believe having one of those fat A$$es on your jumpseat!

Why would TSA need to commute??? I thought all of them are hired locally. It's not like they have to fly to one of their homebases, or they bases change all the time.

Getting jumpseat priviliges to ALL Flight Attendants would make more sense.

FC

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Why would TSA need to commute??? I thought all of them are hired locally. It's not like they have to fly to one of their homebases, or they bases change all the time.

Getting jumpseat priviliges to ALL Flight Attendants would make more sense.

FC

Probably in the name of safety, but more likely for a free ride somewhere. Those poor SOBs, don't they know that we as pilots already have the market cornered in terms of cheapness?

 

[bmpilot2003]

Why would TSA need to commute??? I thought all of them are hired locally. It's not like they have to fly to one of their homebases, or they bases change all the time.

Getting jumpseat priviliges to ALL Flight Attendants would make more sense.

FC

Most are hired locally, but they do actually fly them to stations where TSA is short on employees. Kona, Hawaii is one where i found this to be true.

 

[COOPERVANE]

They are now reporting that they gave him a handheld breathylizer test and he failed it. Blood test results to come.

If he truly did it............thanks DUMBA$$, now we'll all have to go through security at ALL airports, THEN blow into a breathylizer to start the APU!!!

 

[rickair7777]

Get your facts straight so you don't sound like a tool: SKW has all of the usual employeee assistance and self-referral programs, you can call in sick, or take a personal day. They are very helpful if you ask for it BEFORE you blow a .13 on a DOT test.