Great banter about alcy tests and organic compounds. All great stuff but totally irrelevant. Just don't get p**sed and then try to fly an airliner. However you look at it the crew were irreprehensibly unprofessional.
If you are really so desperate to have a drink that you cannot guarantee an alcohol reading below .04 (ie zero) when you go flying; get another job. It isn't big, it isn't clever and fortunately most people grow out of this type of behaviour in their teens.
In both the military and the civilian world I have seen well intentioned people trying to protect people that couldn't protect themselves from their own stupidity. I have seen a smoking hole containing the results of this type of misguided action alongside a fighter jet.
Guess what the public pays us to protect
them not some irresponsible idiot that thinks that having one for the road is acceptable. They must have been aware that they had screwed up (like many have in the past) and then should have raised a hand admitted their mistake and gone sick. That might have inconvenienced a guy on standby or maybe cost the airline a few bucks but they would probably still have a job and would not have betrayed the faith put in them by their airline and their passengers.
Good riddance. End of rant, have a nice day y'all.
Ghost
