airBaltic have done everything they can to prevent this ever being an issue going forward.
Every crew reporting for every duty at home base, or nightstopping, must now blow before signing on, 100% testing.
Rather sadly,the Capt concerned was not only an excellent and respected trainer in the top few of company seniority, but was widely known to be effectively teetotal.
Colleagues are flabbergasted that someone so diligent, who was always the first to leave the party whilst on wet leases abroad, has ended up in this situation.