The first pilot to be arrested at LHR (and subsequently jailed) for an alcohol-related offence under the new UK laws allowed the full facts of his case to be reported on PPRuNe in the hope that others might benefit from his experience.
It's an interesting thread (if you ignore the distraction of one poster making the same point over and over again in post after post):
LHR Breathtest
Rigga's claim that this is 'just the latest of a continuing series of "misdemeanors" that are not given a high enough profile' is absurd.
Every arrest on suspicion has been reported here, whether or not the pilot was later prosecuted.
We even had a report of that nonsense at Manchester where two police constables decided to breath-tested both pilots after a passenger told police the pilots must be drunk because the aircraft had to do a go-around.
Yes, believe it or not, it actually happened:
Pilots breathalysed after go-around
His lack of knowledge may partly be explained because (as he says) he's not a pilot but, given his comments such as "a continuing series" and "just another one", it may also be because the facts don't fit his preconceived notions and prejudices. It doesn't seem to occur to him that not many incidents are reported here because there aren't many incidents, despite what he and tabloid journos would like to believe.
The 'smoking hole' and 'hundreds may have died' stuff often trotted out when this topic comes up is not borne out by the stats.
We also had a very useful discussion when the new law was introduced (again, if you ignore distracting posts) :
Alcohol and Flying: The new law
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