I am sure this would not have made it into the media had it not been fully investigated and proven beyond all reasonable doubt by the employer, over the interveneing two weeks:
"A ROYAL Flying Doctor Service pilot allegedly passed out at the controls of a plane for 13 minutes while transporting patients, later testing positive to methamphetamine.
A nurse had to wake him as the plane flew to Brisbane during the airport's peak hour.
......the plane lost contact with Air Traffic Control for 13 minutes.
RFDS had been working with Queensland Health to support the nurse, believed to have taken leave after the incident."