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Originally Posted by TimS
Chuck - my absolute respect and good wishes for a long and happy retirement.
God forbid if he had got as far as the flightdeck and airborne and the worst happened. 250+ people would not be having a long and happy retirement thats for sure!
Not to mention the hundreds of families that would have been destroyed as a result.
I do not know the guy in question and do not argue he may be a lovely chap, but there is a huge responsibility with other peoples lives in question here. He could have called in sick and not turned up for his duty.
All you have to do is think if it was your Son, Daughter, Wife, Husband, Dad, Mother, Brother, Sister or Friend on board a flight that ended in tragedy due to a Pilot being intoxicated.
I expect now he is sober and the reality hits home, he would probably agree.
Very sad.