hi folks,
any drunken pilot is a risk. Not only for himself, also for the crew, the passengers, other aircrafts and people on the ground.
I think, there is no way to tolerate any abuse of alcohol in the cockpit. Do yourself and your company the favour and report these pilots. Imagine what would happen, if a newspaper would find out, that your company employs pilots with alcoholic addiction problem. The loss of image can ruin a company. The result: you will loose your job because someone else is not able to limit his intake of alcohol.
The report should be made as soon as possible, of course latest before entering the aircraft.
It is the resonsibility of the company management to keep the reports in confidence. It must be in their own interest, to keep drunken pilots out of the cockpit.