Jolly,
I am with you on this one. The crew have to speak up. Wasn't there the case of a Captain that was jailed for attempting to operate an aircraft knowing that the First Officer and Purser were over the limit? You don't have to hang the guy, just give him a way out. Most guys would jump at the chance, they are anyway probably only going to work out of loyalty to keep the show on the road.
As far as issuing his name, I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't splashed over PPrune immediately the incident happened. I thought the guys showed a lot of integrity but sadly he is fair game to the press as soon as he has been found criminally liable.
I don't think alcohol is as big an issue now as it was say 15 years ago but I am quite worried at some of the trends. We have a guy advertising blood alcohol testers so that you won't get caught on a layover. I was then told by another pilot that they were of no use because the tolerances were not good enough and you had to get a 'fuel cell' device. To me that seems terrrible, almost as if guys are so sad that they have to drink to the absolute limit. I can understand an alcoholic or someone with other issues but I struggle to understand anyone that even feels the need to operate in this way.
Ruserious,
But that does not mean we should should hurl stones, sit in judgement or otherwise castigate someone who we don't know or understand. I would not wish this on my worst enemy
I wholeheartedly agree. But, maybe if we all learn something from this event we can prevent some other guys going down in flames in the future. Everyone makes mistakes; the secret is to not compound them. Those that know the individual concerned would tell you that this was just the last link in a very long chain. To some degree we are all culpable.
I wish him and the family well and hope they can rebuild there lives on the Gold Coast.