Springbokkie
9th Oct 2000, 17:37
Apparently SA Pilots are very well behaved... I will be watching BBC for the report on the British bad boys on Wednesday
SOUTH AFRICA: There is no drinking and flying in South Africa.
While there may be the occasional inebriated passenger making a nuisance of himself on a domestic or international flight, local pilots and other cabin crew, it seems, prefer their boozing after flights.
A senior manager for the South African Pilots' Association, Olivier Stradford, was not available for comment on Sunday, but the general manager for Durban international airport, Siva Pillay, said he had no knowledge of intoxicated pilots.
Pillay was asked to respond to a report which said that a British Airways captain drank the equivalent of 10 pints of beer before climbing into the cockpit of his aircraft.
'Randy pilots, yes, but not drunk pilots'
The pilot had reported for duty for a flight from Barcelona to London and slept throughout the journey, according to a BBC television programme, which will be broadcast this week.
British Airways said it had grounded 11 pilots and three cabin crew pending an internal investigation.
The Mercury attempted to discover information on tipsy South African pilots with a zero result.
One airport official said local pilots appeared to put their passengers' safety above all else.
"I have not come across stories of drunk pilots ... randy pilots, yes, but not drunk pilots," he said.
SOUTH AFRICA: There is no drinking and flying in South Africa.
While there may be the occasional inebriated passenger making a nuisance of himself on a domestic or international flight, local pilots and other cabin crew, it seems, prefer their boozing after flights.
A senior manager for the South African Pilots' Association, Olivier Stradford, was not available for comment on Sunday, but the general manager for Durban international airport, Siva Pillay, said he had no knowledge of intoxicated pilots.
Pillay was asked to respond to a report which said that a British Airways captain drank the equivalent of 10 pints of beer before climbing into the cockpit of his aircraft.
'Randy pilots, yes, but not drunk pilots'
The pilot had reported for duty for a flight from Barcelona to London and slept throughout the journey, according to a BBC television programme, which will be broadcast this week.
British Airways said it had grounded 11 pilots and three cabin crew pending an internal investigation.
The Mercury attempted to discover information on tipsy South African pilots with a zero result.
One airport official said local pilots appeared to put their passengers' safety above all else.
"I have not come across stories of drunk pilots ... randy pilots, yes, but not drunk pilots," he said.