Originally Posted by
RAT 5
Does a court have that power? Is it not the local CAA who controls the issue of licences? The court could recommend, but can they remove, permanently. Hell, sporting culprits only get 3 years ban, and then they are back on the gravy train. This guy has a family to feed. Would a car driver, after a crash, be banned for life? This guy didn't crash or harm anybody. He's being hung drawn & quartered for a potential smash up. Fair enough he's whipped and flogged and sent to the clinic; but life?
There is no excuse for taking ecstasy and then flying a passenger plane with 180 people on board. 'sporting culprits' get away with it because they are not putting other peoples lives at risk. Ecstasy is illegal, even if you don't pilot an airliner. This guy got off lightly IMHO and the fact he has a family to feed does not come into it. He will have to find a way to feed them with a different profession and I'm sure he will manage that; the fare paying public will be better off as well.
If you believe he is being hung drawn and quartered for 'a potential smash up' then I hope you are one of the people who sit in the back of the plane and not the front.