Originally Posted by
LeadSled
Blimey, if the above figures are correct, I am surprised he/she could even stagger onto the aeroplane??
Pity the F/O didn't take him/her aside, long before they got anywhere near an aircraft and said something like: "Mate, no go!!, go sick!!"
Tootle pip!!
Thing is, we don't know from the article whether this was the first time this happened, or the tenth.
Enabling alcoholics to continue to 'function' is a whole lot less a good idea up front of a passenger jet airliner.