You don't know the circumstances as to why he may have been drinking and neither do I. The fact remains that if guilty, his aviation career is likely to be over. For that reason he has my sympathy.
I'm sorry Orion Man - I have obviously missed something here. Please could you explain under what circumstances it would be ok to pilot a plane full of passengers or otherwise while voluntarily incapacitated through alcohol or otherwise?
The travelling public rely on the fact that their pilot is going to be fully capable of flying the aircraft. If they do not have this confidence, then haow many are going to fly?