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Old 18th Nov 2007, 09:14
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newspapers are allowed to print such unbelievably sensationalist rubbish before anything has been proved. I hope Sir RB mobilises his lawyers & takes them to the cleaners! Also the alleged involvement of security needs questioning. This is the not the first & it will not be the last time that a crew has been falsely accused of being drunk by groundstaff.
Well, the reports I saw said that the pilot had been arrested and tested on suspicion. Not much to sue on there.

As for ground staff, surely the interests of safety mean that they should always report reasonable suspicions - after that it's up to the police. Of course many cases turn out to be groundless (let's hope this is one of them) but thousands of people pass breath tests every year - it's a hazard of the game.
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