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Old 10th Jun 2007, 03:00
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stellair
 
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This is nothing more than an extension of the ludicrous suspicious society we live in. When is the last time a commercial flight ended in fatality due to intoxication on the pilots part? You could go on forever, have the testers been tested? What about the people testing them? Most of us operate with other crew and it would be obvious when someone is is no fit state to work. We already have ridiculous secrurity rules in place and I'm sure they would notice, report and relish finding and intoxicated pilot, **** knows they get close enough to us. This is a nothing short of insulting given the years of blood sweat and tears we dedicate in the pursuit of our passion and profession. Once in a blue moon a pilot may report in no fit state to operate but it's so unlikely I doubt it would be worth the bother of regular testing. This will be just another industry developing (like security, if you can call it that) around the real, professional, work that happens at airports. For the idiots that sit behind desks dreaming this **** up to keep themselves in work....Listen.....GET SOME QUALIFICATIONS, FIND A VOCATION AND GET A DECENT JOB THAT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF RATHER THAN DEGRADING THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE THIS
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