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Who has five grand sloshing about in order to pay an "on the spot" fine ?
These AMS alcohol impairment fines seem to be creeping up over the years.
Drunken airline pilot detained before flying plane
Amsterdam authorities find captain's blood-alcohol level four times the legal driving limit.
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2000 04:00 PM EST J.A. Getzlaff
He was on a movable passageway when security officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport spotted him: a Moroccan man in a pilot’s uniform, who appeared to be having trouble walking. They stopped him, and he indicated that he was heading for the departure lounge and his Royal Air Maroc flight back to Morocco.
Since he was to be the plane’s captain, military police at the airport asked him to take a breath test. The pilot objected, but when the cops refused to let him go, he eventually agreed. His blood-alcohol level measured four times the legal driving limit for Holland, according to a BBC report.
The pilot’s response? Slurring, he asked to be allowed to return to his plane. Luckily for the 125 passengers waiting on board for him to fly them to Tangiers, Schiphol’s officials declined and slapped him with a 2,500-guilder fine ($1,150 U.S.).
Drunken airline pilot detained before flying plane - Salon.com
Drunk Delta Pilot Arrested in Cockpit: Dutch Police
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ and MATT HOSFORD Sept. 14, 2010
A Delta pilot has been arrested and fined for allegedly being drunk as he was preparing to fly from Amsterdam to Newark Liberty International Airport, outside New York City.
The Dutch National Police Corps has not identified the pilot but says he is a 52-year-old captain from Woodbury, N.J., according to the Associated Press.
"Our policy is among one of the strictest in the industry and we have no tolerance for violations," Delta spokesman Anthony Black.
Police say they arrested the man in the cockpit of his plane after an anonymous tip. The AP reported that a breath test found he had a blood alcohol content of 0.023 percent - a hair above the legal limit in the Netherlands.
The pilot was fined about $900 and released, according to a statement from police.
Drunk Delta Pilot Arrested in Cockpit: Airline Captain Was Planning to Fly from Amsterdam to New York - ABC News