Delta pilot arrested for suspicion of being drunk

[A80TRACON]

Delta pilot arrested for intoxication before flying out of MSP

A Delta spokesperson says the pilot was arrested shortly after 11 a.m. He was originally supposed to fly to San Diego from the Twin Cities...

kstp.com

 

[Derg]

My iPhone has been full of this story and the “DUDE! DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPEND TO PILOT PETE (or Paul, I don’t watch The Bachelor”.

 

[trafficinsight]

"Today" on weird use of quotation marks.

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[NovemberEcho]

A Delta pilot was removed from a fully boarded plane and arrested on suspicion of being intoxicated

A Delta pilot was taken off a fully boarded plane on Tuesday morning at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan told CNN.

www-m.cnn.com

 

[Avalon781ML]

Innocent until proven guilty...

 

[Beefy McGee]

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"There's always a chance the plane might have taken off. There's a possibility of that," Hogan said, when asked how close the plane was to departing, and if the plane might have taken off.

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Top notch investigative journalism right there.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

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"There's always a chance the plane might have taken off. There's a possibility of that," Hogan said, when asked how close the plane was to departing, and if the plane might have taken off.

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Top notch investigative journalism right there.

It's Minnesota?

 

[Wardogg]

Well the media isn't making any sense in these articles. He was in the screening line....saw there was "additional screening" going on....gets out of line which raised suspicion....gets back into line and then they find alcohol on him. If he got out of line why wouldn't he dispose of the "evidence" before getting back in line?

 

[thevideographer]

Well the media isn't making any sense in these articles. He was in the screening line....saw there was "additional screening" going on....gets out of line which raised suspicion....gets back into line and then they find alcohol on him. If he got out of line why wouldn't he dispose of the "evidence" before getting back in line?

Another article said that they did 2 sobriety tests and 1 indicated that he was drunk. What does that mean? Like he failed a field test but blew a 0?

Nothing says you can't have a bottle of alcohol in your bag.

 

[mechan9]

What's his GPA?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Nothing says you can't have a bottle of alcohol in your bag.

This is true.

The optics are lousy when the smurfs want to go through your bag, of course. And an open container would probably give a wannabe-LEO like them a mini-stiffy. Sealed stuff, sure. "Tanker it in!"

That which is legal is not always expedient.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

 

[QXDX]

Another article said that they did 2 sobriety tests and 1 indicated that he was drunk. What does that mean? Like he failed a field test but blew a 0?

Nothing says you can't have a bottle of alcohol in your bag.

Common sense and good judgement says you can't. Given the general scrutiny pilots are always under, and the sensitive issue of pilots and alcohol, how does a 37 year old adult and professional pilot come to think "I'm going to pack a bottle of liquor in my carry on luggage, then put on my pilot uniform and go through security to my pilot job."? How did he come to think that this was a good idea?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Common sense and good judgement says you can't. Given the general scrutiny pilots are always under, and the sensitive issue of pilots and alcohol, how does a 37 year old adult and professional pilot come to think "I'm going to pack a bottle of liquor in my carry on luggage, then put on my pilot uniform and go through security to my pilot job."? How did he come to think that this was a good idea?

Can't and shouldn't are different, while I generally agree. The optics are crappy, and an open container is even worse.

I don't carry anything I can't consume on duty in my cooler bag, despite a lack of prohibitions about carrying such.

 

[CUTigerPilot]

 

[Boris Badenov]

Uh. What I have in my bag, provided it's legal, is no one else's business. The mark up on booze in a hotel bar is like 500%, so you go ahead and worry about the "optics", I'll worry about not being poor. Oh no, I might give some dead-eyed, soulless. busybody cow the vapors!

 

[Kingairer]

If you have a job that will provide for you and your family for a lifetime as long as you don’t do something stupid, buy your alcohol on the road.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Are you suggesting that having a pint of Bulleit in my roller is a termination offense? An offense at all? Can't find it in my FOM.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Better a bottle of Jack than an RPG though amirite?

 

[Roger Roger]

Are you suggesting that having a pint of Bulleit in my roller is a termination offense? An offense at all? Can't find it in my FOM.

Yeah isn’t bringing home some exotic brews/spirits from the layover location like an all the time thing for working crews?