arcniz - I totally agree. What right has some untrained person to say that he/she 'thought they smelled alcohol' on someone's breath? Do they know what they're actually looking for? Pungent deodorant/aftershave or last night's consumption? And what of those who don't even know what 'alcohol' or 'hangover breath' actually smell like because their religion does not allow it and they have no experience of it?
If the Virgin captain (who has pleaded Not Guilty) is acquitted, will the trouble-making sniffers be held to account?
I thought I smelled alcohol on the breath of a security checker the other week - should I have called Plod to investigate?
I'm amazed that anyone should ever want a career in commercial flying these days....