Continental pilot fired after intoxication charge

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that he smelled alcohol on the pilot's breath.

and that means straight away he has been drinking!!

I had a work colleague where a dispatcher was adamant that he had been drinking, called her sup over to check out said pilot. They got him breathalised .............result neg! You know why he smelt of wine, he had had a chicken in white wine and garlic sauce for his lunch made by his wife 20 minutes before he arrived at the airport to report for duty! He had to collect his flight brief from the dispatcher office of the handling agent and then go to do the flight planning!

Boy did some heads get pulled into the big cheeses office on that one!

So not everyone is guilty on face value!