Originally Posted by
beamender99
A pilot had been jailed for 10 months for attempting to board a flight from Scotland to America while drunk.
Carlos Roberto Licona, 45, was due to serve as First Officer on the United Airlines flight to Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday 27 August last year.
Airline pilot jailed for being drunk - BBC News
I wonder what the outcome will be for the captain on this flight?
United unfortunately has a lot of experience with international pilot alcohol incidents. In almost all cases that I'm aware of, the pilots kept their jobs and were able to go back to work under the close supervision of the HIMS program.
And, even after these guys in the Scotland incident serve any custodial sentence overseas, they may have more legal music to face back in the U.S. due to the blood alcohol level.
In the past couple of years federal prosecutors in the U.S. have been going after pilots with FAA tickets who blew a .10 percent BAC or higher with felony charges even if the case was settled previously with the FAA.
Here's a recent example:
Brevard County pilot working for U.S. armed forces accused of flying Boeing 747 while drunk
by: Mark Boxley Updated: Feb 22, 2017 - 9:47 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Brevard County pilot has been accused of drunkenly flying a Boeing 747 overseas while working for a U.S. armed forces subcontractor, federal court documents said.
Daniel R. Criss, who was working as a pilot for armed forces subcontractor Kalitta Air, was charged Wednesday in Orlando federal court with flying the jet between Osan Air Base in South Korea and Yakota Air Base in Japan while drunk.
The alleged incident happened on July 14, 2015, a federal indictment said.
Criss faces a charge of operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
His blood-alcohol concentration at the time exceeded the .10 percent limit allowed by federal law, court documents said.
Brevard County pilot working for U.S. Armed Forces accused of flying Boeing 747 while drunk | WFTV
Here's a Department of Justice press release for another significantly after the fact pilot prosecution:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...aircraft-while