What if your captain is drunk?

[WrightAvia]

1. Never Brake an FAR
2. Never Brake a Company OPS SPEC
3. Never Jepordize SAFTEY
4. Never drink and pohst
5. Never use speel check

Sorry, couldn't pass it up...

 

[Thrust Master]

Give him a Certs and tell him next time to
drop some acid, they still don't test for that.

 

[VFR on Top]

When I metabolize any type or color of booze, my skin smells like roasted almonds. Also, I fart alot the next morning and, ironically, they smell like rotten almonds.

Maybe you binge on almonds when you're hammered? I've heard of stranger things......

 

[tittyjet]

They don't test for 'shrooms, either.

 

[SkySpray]

You guys amuse me. Nobody seems to want to tell it like it really is. First, in the interview, you answer the question as previous posters suggested: i.e. pull captain aside, tell him you think he's been drinking, etc, etc, blah blah blah.

In real life: You pretend you didn't notice anything, and continue on as planned. That's the reality, and I'm sure that 99% of the F/O's that answered "correctly" in the interivew would actually do something else in the actual situation. For the most part, most captains (and f/o's) aren't going to be tipping the bottle at departure time. It's more likely that they hit it hard the night before and still have a little alcohol on their breath. No big deal really. Now, those who feel differently can go ahead and jump down my throat for not living up to my "obligations" as a first officer. I'm just curious to know how many people actually did what they said they would do in an interview, in a real life situation.

That's the reality of the situation, as I've experience in my career (both at AA and Eagle).

 

[stillaboo]

Don't forget to show good CRM and use your whole 'crew'. If you're flying anything bigger than a 1900, you'll have a FA. Ask the FA if they noticed the alcohol. Ask the gate agent to talk to the Capt, see if they notice.

And yeah, in reality, hardly anyone shows up drunk for work anymore.

Safety, Regs, common sense - in that order. It answers 90% of those situational questions.