Beanbag, re the attention and the pilot being female. I must say when I heard the headline about a pilot over the limit I didnt think twice about it, but then when the story went on to talk about a female captain I did stop what I was doing to pay more attention. For me it's the first incident invloving a female member of the flight crew that I have heard of.
I wonder what the real story is this time, like the BA guys you always hear later who shopped who and what it was all about, love triangles etc etc....
FS