Originally Posted by
TowerDog
Second time in Manchester for an AA pilot.
The first one got off after some fancy legal work and a good story,
Good luck on this one. 
Yep, the first drunk AA pilot in MAN was acquitted after his brigadier Ohio Air Guard buddy turned up in dress uniform to wow the jury as a character witness.
Jury forgives pilot who 'drank whiskey in sleep'
By Russell Jenkins in London
March 23, 2007 03:19am
AN American Airlines pilot arrested at an airport after reportedly arriving for duty drunk was found not guilty yesterday after telling a jury that he must have consumed a third of a bottle of Irish whiskey in his sleep...
...He claimed a sleeping disorder might have led him to drink from a bottle of Bushmills whiskey the night before.
...He slapped colleagues on the back and grinned with delight when the verdict was announced.
Earlier, the jury was told he had left the Renaissance Hotel in Manchester for a seven-hour drinking session with his two fellow pilots.
He had drunk pints of beer in at least four pubs before retiring for a whiskey in the hotel bar.
Around midnight, he swallowed a sedative to help him to sleep.
When he woke up the next morning, after 9am, he could hear his captain banging on the hotel door.
He noticed that about a third of the Irish whiskey he had bought the previous night had been consumed, but he had no memory of drinking it.
It's an eventful layover for one AA flight attendant as well:
American Airlines senior air stewardess, 57, was arrested after being found EIGHT times the alcohol limit while giving pre-flight safety demonstration
Stacy Rosehill was arrested before the flight from Manchester to Chicago
The 57-year-old had been drinking wine and whisky the night before the flight
Police were called after security smelled alcohol on American Airlines attendant
She admitted being over legal limit and must pay a £140 ($178) fine plus costs
She's been suspended on full pay and faces disciplinary hearing in U.S.
By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline
Published: 11:46 EDT, 6 December 2016 | Updated: 02:52 EDT, 7 December 2016 Stacy Rosehill, an American Airlines stewardess, was arrested while giving a safety demonstration on a flight from Manchester airport after she was found to be eight-times the legal alcohol limit
An American Airlines stewardess was arrested while giving a safety demonstration on a flight from Manchester airport after she was found to be eight-times the legal alcohol limit.
Stacy Rosehill, 57, from Chicago, was carrying out the pre-flight demonstration ahead of the American Airlines flight to her hometown when officers were alerted to a tip-off by security staff, who could smell alcohol on her breath.
The senior flight attendant was then escorted off the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and taken into custody as around 300 passengers were waiting to take off.Tests later showed she had 71 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of her breath. The legal limit under aviation rules is 9mg, much stricter than the rules for driving.
Today Manchester Magistrates Court heard that Rosehill had become drunk the night before the flight after going to a 'bring your own booze' restaurant during a stopover in Manchester.
It is thought she had been drinking wine before knocking back whisky from her hotel mini-bar at 2am.
When she reported for duty seven hours later, she was still under the influence.
At the hearing today, Rosehill admitted performing an aviation function while over the prescribed limit under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.
She was fined £140 ($178) and must also pay £85 ($108) legal costs and a £30 ($38) victim surcharge.
I suspect the current pilot's fine will be more than £140 with his increased responsibility on the crew.
Like the Isleworth Crown Court near LHR and the Paisley Sheriff's Court in GOW, the Manchester Magistrates' Court probably needs to consider adding a crew lounge.
Another in a never-ending series... 
Last edited by Airbubba; 14th Apr 2019 at 03:16.