Originally Posted by
Magplug
I had a crew member reported to me in-flight for surreptitiously drinking in the galley. There had been suspicions before that the innocent fruit juice on the galley top was more than it appeared. Her fellow crew members were all pretty pissed off that her behaviour had become so blatant.
That's the problem with being a Captain.... People come to you to tell you stuff you don't really want to hear. Sadly I could not look the other way and the outcome was pretty much as above. Several of the comments above demonstrate precious little awareness of the working environment.
That was my point, if he found out mid flight, he had no other option. You can show compassion and most Airlines will have a process to deal with this, mine has a good set up in place as we have a just culture. That said, ultimately there’s an element of personal responsibility and the captain is legally obligated to take action. I would send an ACARS and notify the company. I would not risk losing my license for not reporting something like this mid operation.