God bless America.
Thanks, I agree, we are very blessed in this great nation!
Here's another recent news item about an Indian aviation safety issue:
India grounds drunk pilots
By Bappa Majumdar June 26, 2008 12:13pm
AROUND 50 pilots each year in India are being grounded because they had consumed alcohol before taking a flight, say the country's civil aviation authorities.
Dozens of pilots are found to have consumed alcohol during routine pre-medical tests every year in India, said the Director General of Civil Aviation, Kanu Gohain.
A flight from India's capital to the eastern city of Patna was cancelled last Saturday after a routine medical test on crew members revealed the pilot had consumed alcohol.
"We do catch pilots who had taken alcohol routinely and so does the airlines," said Mr Gohain.
"We have strict guidelines for alcohol intake and any operating crew is pulled up immediately, and the airlines too can punish crew members," he said by telephone from Mumbai.
Civil aviation rules specify that pilots and cabin crew cannot consume alcohol 12 hours before taking a flight.
A pilot can be grounded for three months and he can lose his license if he repeats the mistake again, said Mr Gohain...
India grounds drunk pilots | NEWS.com.au
Indian aviation with the boom is reaching the size of a major U.S. carrier, 50 pilots testing drunk a year would be a lot in my experience.