It occurs to me that maybe greater suspicion is placed on you if your breathe smells of mints now. Security obviously believes your trying to hide something. Maybe I'll just gas everybody with my garlic breathe instead. If the pilot was well within the limits of his company's permissible limits then this appears to be a case of the media trying to make a story out of nothing. It's going to be a tough choice for you pilot folk. You either become a teatotal celibate monk or a pilot. Not a great deal of difference just one can fly an aircraft.