American Airlines co-pilot drunk

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

March 27, 2016 American Airlines co-pilot detained at

Detroit airport after suspected of being drunk

The Federal Aviation Administration said the co-pilot was held from

a Saturday morning flight from Detroit to Philadelphia. He was

suspected of having a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit.

Airport spokesman Michael Conway said the pilot was released

after being detained when he arrived at the facility. Detroit news

reported that an on-site Breathalyzer test was performed and he

failed two sobriety tests before being taken into custody.

Authorities will determine whether charges will be filed, he said.

The pilot, who is believed to be about 50-years-old and from

Pennsylvania, hasn’t been identified.

American Airlines said in a statement the flight was cancelled and

customers are taking other flights.

"American Airlines Flight 736 from Detroit to Philadelphia has been

canceled and we are currently re-accommodating our customers

on other flights,” the statement said

.

“Safety is our highest priority and we apologize to our customers

for the disruption to their travel plans. We are assisting local law

enforcement. Further questions should be referred to them."

sam96 · ‎05-05-2015

AA should do more for those passengers disrupted by this by more than just simply rebooking them, especially if they're going to arrive later than scheduled.

As far as the co-pilot, he should be referred to a program for evaluation to see if he needs help, and his flight status revoked in the interim. He shouldn't be allowed to put others at risk.

insomniac2 · ‎02-20-2016

Scary.

I agree that more should have been done for the passengers than just rebooking their flights.

HULAGIRL · ‎03-10-2010

What bothers me is the fact that obviously the TSA agent could smell booze on him and luckily called authorities..........why in the world didn't the Captain smell him....they sit so close in those cockpits??? He actually was going to fly with that guy in the second seat!! Is there an unwritten rule about not ratting out a co-worker?? Very scarey.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I'm not quite understanding what AA owes the passengers. It was not the fault of AA that the co-pilot was readying to board the plane drunk.

But they DID catch the guy and I cannot imagine anything they could do for the passengers but what they did.

It would be nice if life were fair. But it's not. Sometimes things happen to inconvenience us, or worse, and I feel good that they caught the guy and he was not allowed to co-pilot the plane drunk. THAT is what they owe the passengers.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

And we've been losing our minds over the terrorists. I have a plane trip next month. I just may make my pilots walk a straight line down the aisle when I get on the plane so I know we're good.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@HULAGIRL wrote:
What bothers me is the fact that obviously the TSA agent could smell booze on him and luckily called authorities..........why in the world didn't the Captain smell him....they sit so close in those cockpits??? He actually was going to fly with that guy in the second seat!! Is there an unwritten rule about not ratting out a co-worker?? Very scarey.

The co-pilot could have been arriving from his hotel to fly. The flight crew don't always all arrive at the same time, so the pilot may not have even seen him before the co-pilot was stopped, by TSA when he came through the check-point.

DowntonAbbey · ‎03-09-2010

Oh Dear my Father in Law, first one became an alcoholic they say it is easy to become one being a pilot. I since I am near 60 have started drinking some wine and liquors.......hopefully they won't make my brain worse.I am not supposed to have alcohol but it has been 13 years this year and my sleeping pill just does not work even if I have a glass of wine and a sleeping pill? I will for sure watch it. I don't want to be an alcoholic or make my brain worse. But sometimes it is just great to not care about anything.,

Juniebugz · ‎05-20-2015

@DowntonAbbey wrote:
Oh Dear my Father in Law, first one became an alcoholic they say it is easy to become one being a pilot. I since I am near 60 have started drinking some wine and liquors.......hopefully they won't make my brain worse.I am not supposed to have alcohol but it has been 13 years this year and my sleeping pill just does not work even if I have a glass of wine and a sleeping pill? I will for sure watch it. I don't want to be an alcoholic or make my brain worse. But sometimes it is just great to not care about anything.,

This is not a good idea.

CouponQueen · ‎10-21-2010

DowntonAbbey are you the former Rainbow and Ribbons? A lot of your stories and things you post match?

Just wondering as I haven't seen the RRR nick in awhile

@DowntonAbbey wrote:
Oh Dear my Father in Law, first one became an alcoholic they say it is easy to become one being a pilot. I since I am near 60 have started drinking some wine and liquors.......hopefully they won't make my brain worse.I am not supposed to have alcohol but it has been 13 years this year and my sleeping pill just does not work even if I have a glass of wine and a sleeping pill? I will for sure watch it. I don't want to be an alcoholic or make my brain worse. But sometimes it is just great to not care about anything.,

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