[Eddie01]

Stay off Canada's Sunwing Air.

[x1stcav]

I was always told you fly better with a few shots in you. Something about loosening things up, smoother handling of the controls, etc.

Maybe he had more than a few shots?

[jerod]

Denzel Washington flew better drunk than he did when he was sober.... Or was just a movie?

[odds]

There is random drug and alcohol tests for drivers of cars and even trains in many western countries. For pilots, there should be a mandatory/compulsory drug and alcohol test EVERY TIME, before they’re permitted to fly a plane - obviously, we can’t rely on a sense of responsibility.

[UCANSEE2]

What happens when passed out pilots land at airports where the ATC guys are passed out as well ?

[Gay State Conservative]

I've seen mentions made more than once of airline pilots falling asleep "at the wheel".Having worked the night shift I can see this happening...particularly with pilots on long haul east/west routes.The biological clock in your head gets all fouled crossing lots of time zones.

So it's not just booze we have to worry about.

[Chode]

and the co-pilot???

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

During World War II, my father was a passenger on an Army Air Force plane, where the pilot was arrested for drunkenness when they landed. The passengers caught on that he was drunk sometime during the flight and were scared witless.

[B4Ranch]

The pilot — a 37-year-old foreign national from Slovakia in Canada on a work visa — was taken into custody.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/impaired-pilot-sunwings-airlines-arrest-1.3917757

[musicman]

Dean Martin, Ken Lane & Foster Brooks - The Bar/Airline PIlot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XC3Hc-rAkk

[hecticskeptic]

When he was then found passed out in the cockpit, he was arrested and charged with having care and control of an aircraft while impaired and having care and control of an aircraft [while] exceeding 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood), according to a report by the Calgary police.

I think that someone is confused.... there is no 80 milligram per 100 ml of blood rule here that applies. If they have consumed ANY alcohol in the previous 8 hours or there is ANY residual impairment from a time that exceeds 8 hours, they can't fly.... https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/page-6083.htm

[Wolfie]

Mam, hard to believe booze is legal with this sort of thing going on.

[upsdriver]

That’s quite an accomplishment considering the cost of alcohol in Canada.

[dfwgator]

Never hire a pilot with a drinking problem.

[Fightin Whitey]

The president and the production director of the budget airline have stepped down

In midflight, I hope?

[slouper]

You can’t come to work drunk, you’re not an airline pilot!