Flight delayed due allegedly drunk cabin crew member
 

Taken from BBC Scotland website

A member of cabin crew has been arrested on a plane which was about to depart from Aberdeen Airport following concerns she may have drunk too much.

The BMI flight to Faro in Portugal, containing 144 passengers, was delayed for six hours after police arrived to detain the 24-year-old.

It is understood the 0900 BST departure was halted after colleagues of the woman expressed concern.

A report has been sent to the procurator fiscal.

The Airbus A320 plane eventually took off just after 1530 BST, after a replacement crew member was found.

Grampian Police officers breathalysed the woman, believed to be English, before she was arrested.

An Aberdeen Airport spokesman said: "The airport was made aware of an issue with a member of cabin crew and the police were alerted.

"It was unfortunate passengers were subjected to a lengthy delay."

A BMI said it was co-operating fully with the police investigation

I loved the reference that the crew member is English.

Rwy in Sight

Quite... They wouldn't say, "believed to be black", now would they?

BBC twonks
 

Reference to nationhood totally out of order in that report. Feel free to slay the bbc over this, I have complained.

Or Scottish............

Couldn't they fly the service with 1 crew down?? Most of the other airlines I have flown with (BA, VAA, AF) seem to do this..just curious!

They might have already been operating with minimum crew. It's only allowed to operate with less than minimum crew in extreme circumstances, and only if you are down route at the time.

Took six hours to find a sober replacement?

Shurely not... :yuk:

No, it took six hours to get a member of crew to Aberdeen, which is a bmi Regional base (ERJ fleet) NOT a Mainline base (Buses).

One would like to think that this could have been dealt with at crew report prior to boarding passengers, i don't condone this but many have been there. At a guess it seems like a night stop crew, not a lot to do in Dyce:sad:

Fifteen posts thus far, five off topic and deleted.

I'd really like not to have to monitor this thread all night so can we stay on topic please? Anyone feeling unable to exercise self control let me know and I can click the button labelled 'Thread Ban' for you.

Thanks.

Duck

6 hour delay - how close would the aircrew be on hours or did they change as well?

Runway 31.

Your thread title says crew member was drunk. In your first post where you quote the story you say she may have drunk too much.

Innocent until proven guilty? Or do you have information that the rest of us don't?

It is a shame the rest of the crew didnt protect her from herself and 'prevented' her from operating at the briefing stage.

We should be careful with jumping to conclusions though - wouldnt be the 1st time hypoglacemia has been mistaken for drunkenness, or that the press have taken a story totally out of context. A former cc friend of mine was hounded (literally) by the press over a 'drunk onboard story' which was completely unfounded and almost destroyed her life.

As always - lets reserve judgement until we know the facts.

On the other hand, Lauderdale, the story could well be true.
The police will investigate, and the county will press charges, if it is warranted.

Wouldn't be the first time, now would it?:rolleyes:

'Reverse thrust' was common years ago for FD crew...perhaps the CC have not come to terms with the fact that folks are actually looking for misbehaviour, nowadays.

Shape up...or ship out.

Agree with all the comments asking why this wasn't sorted out in the privacy of the crew room?? ................though reading the report again it isn't clear whether this was on board the aircraft or not.

No problems with the BBC mentioning that she was English. It is a fact, not a racial slur. There is no inference that ALL English flight crew are drunks.

I agree with glad rag. It is not a fact that they were Engish. The crew may or may not have been based south of the border, but with the amount of Europeans bmi have recruited to cover their midhaul routes this person could be any nationality, so they may not have been British never mind English

I too have complained to the BBC over these comments. It is the sort of nationalistic crap that the Scots like to use, particularly with respect to the English. It is, in fact, racism of the highest order and really should not be tolerated in the Media, particularly the BBC who are supposed to be aware of this sort of thing.

Had the report stated "Grampian Police officers breathalysed the woman, believed to be Black, before she was arrested," there would be uproar!

It was unnecessary to the article and as such warrants a complaint. It's very much like saying to the (probably mainly Scottish) readers who would read between the lines... "if it had been a Scottish girl then none of you would have been inconvenienced on your holiday trip."

No wonder everyone on this website hates journalists!