Originally Posted by
parkfell
As Stocious quite rightly pointed out, they have been remanded, following a private appearance in the Sheriff's court.
Media reports indicate that the pilots also face charges of 'threats and abuse':
Flyers face court charge...Booze rap pilots' 'threats and abuse'
TWO pilots who allegedly tried to fly a plane while drunk are also accused of threats and abuse, it emerged yesterday
Captain Jean-Francois Perreault and first officer Imran Zafar Syed were arrested minutes before their Air Transat flight to Canada was due to take off at Glasgow Airport.
Perreault, 39, of Ontario, and Syed, 37, from Toronto, appeared in private at Paisley Sheriff Court to face charges of performing an aviation function while over the limit yesterday. But both pilots were also accused of acting in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear and alarm.
Neither made a plea or declaration at the hearing before Sheriff Susan Sinclair, who committed the case for further examination until they appear again next week.
Flyers face court charge...Booze rap pilots' 'threats and abuse'
Originally Posted by
LookingForAJob
It's always amused me that that maintenance engineers are allowed to work with four times the level of alcohol in their systems that pilots, cabin crew and air traffic controllers.
We had a Brit contract ground engineer in Asia well over a decade ago who was sacked after having a pint at lunchtime and coming back to work. He was previously warned but insisted that he was legal to service aircraft under the local regs. We're under FAA and company rules of below .02%/.04% BAC and 8 hours but I'm wondering if he thought he was exempt under some legacy 'session ale' rule from the UK.
