Pilots-not Guilty

[350DRIVER]

I guess if you "play" then you should pay a steep price for it however I sure hope that this doesn't turn out to be the same outcome as was the NWA case...... The FAA should take action and stick to it and not have a change of hearts 3 years down the line and grant a "second chance"......- Absolutely amazing how the FAA allowed that captain to get back into the cockpit.

I would assume that the defense team will argue that the jury pool will be tainted and biased due to the fact that the media has lit up the skies pretty much all over the FL. environment and may have an appeal IF these pilots are found guilty.- This should be very interesting in all aspects due to many variables and how the legal system is structured.

can't wait to hear post trial comments from the jury //

C H E E R S

3 5 0

( we do have whisk ey.........)

 

[TWA69]

I just saw on the news that one of the two payed the tab at the bar (I think it was Moe's) in MIA 6 hrs before, I don't know if it was show or departure. It was $122.00 and included 7 34 oz beers, 1 Martini, and a happy hour beer, ogh yeah and a burger. Good thing they had that burger!

 

[Boeingman]

In addition to the Northwest fellow, there was also the guy from Continental a few years back. He had something like 17 drinks the night before a flight and then actually flew the plane before the FED's met him at the gate. After being fired, he appealed through the union and was hired back as a flight instructor. His defence was that he was an alcoholic and therefore it constituted as a disability (he said that it also explained why he was able to stomach 17 drinks). More recently he has been put back on the flight line.....so you never know.

Ahhh, have to wave the bull$hit flag on this. This has not happened to any CAL pilot.

 

[publisher]

Beer

$122 plus $20 tip.

That incuded something like 8 34 oz. drafts, 7 16oz beers, a Kettleone martini, and the burger.

Not to mention that they were on tape for this and left in plenty of time for four hours of sleep.

 

[Boeingman]

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/53179.htm

More info.

 

[TWA Dude]

Wow. I never even considered that the hotel has records of each time we enter our rooms. Of course I can always just say I was comforting a cabin attendant who's had a bad dream...

 

[Draginass]

It's tough to present any arguement at all in defense when the BAC is twice the limit.

Aviation is a big operation, so there's likely to be a few of these cases. Actually, what's amazing is that there are so very few. When something as agregious and blatent as this happens, there should be the full force of the law and professional revulsion brought down upon the abusers of the profession. I personally don't give a rat's butt about any "problems" these guys have. By their reckless and selfish actions, they've brought shame and disrepute to the profession and ought to be unceremoniously ejected.

 

[Boeingman]

Wow. I never even considered that the hotel has records of each time we enter our rooms. Of course I can always just say I was comforting a cabin attendant who's has a bad dream..

We had a pilot accused of raping a FA. The guy was eventually cleared of all charges because the time logged of entry into his hotel room was several hours earlier from the time reported of the incident allegedly occuring.

 

[TurboS7]

Maybe he was dressed in black and slipped out the window.