Breath Testing before flight
Sorry Danny,
I have to disagree. When I flew in Japan there was a company breathalyser ( a rather difficult word for our Japanese colleagues to pronounce incidentally) in the crew briefing and dispatch room.
It was not used a priori but was used if any crew member appeared to be in question of being under the influence.
The result was that nothing got as far as in any of the last public cases - the crewmember was dealt with (in an understanding way, I may add) by the company and lived, somewhat chastened to fly another day.
I much prefer that system to a suspicion of alcohol on the breath
by some airport employee and what that leads to.
As for the copilot's passive reaction - see my post on the last drunken pilot thread - or was it the one before last - or the one before that...
Take care, FC.