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United Pilot Removed from Flight Duty in Miama...alleged alcohol smell

MIAMI Police say a United Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit and questioned by police today after security screeners at Miami International Airport reported smelling alcohol.

The pilot was not arrested and no breath test was done. But United has suspended the pilot pending an internal investigation.

The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.

An F-A-A spokeswoman says the pilot was boarding a flight to Washington D-C when Transportation Security Administration screeners thought they smelled alcohol and alerted police.

A Miami-Dade police detective says "the officer noticed what appeared to be an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the pilot and requested that he exit the aircraft."
:beer:
 
after security screeners at Miami International Airport reported smelling alcohol.

another job well done by the tsa. i feel a lot safer now that one more drunken pilot is off the streets. err airways.
 
I hope that's flamebait, PolarTwins.

A good friend of mine had the same thing happen to him -- TSA reported it, the police were called, he was escorted away by them to the airport police station. He did three breathalyzer tests in a row -- blew 0.00 all three times.

Don't assume for a second that the wand-monkey's instincts are correct here. The fact that no alcohol test was done suggests very strongly to me that they aren't.
 
Why was he not given a breathalizer?
 
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A Miami-Dade police detective says "the officer noticed what appeared to be an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the pilot and requested that he exit the aircraft."


Or had he just swabbed down the cockpit with a sani-comm wipe?

It never ceases.
 
Assuming the United guy is found completely innocent...is/are there any legal reprecussion for the wand monkey? and if not why not?
 
Way2Broke said:
Why was he not given a breathalizer?

With such an early news article, it's always open to speculation as to what really happened.

Can the pilot refuse?
 

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