Isn't the claim of drinking/drunk on duty alone within the industry (substantiated or not) enough to cause loss of employment.
Yes, It would appear so, a colleague of mine was recently accused by his first officer an entire week after the supposed event, of drinking a glass of champagne on a split duty.
The result, with no corroborating evidence, no breathaliser, no police, only the say so of this one F/O, I kid ye not, was instant dismissal.
The (very junior-not signed to line) F/O was so concerned about the degradation of the captains performance, that he willingly flew more sectors with the supposedly inebriated captain later that day!
