Easyjet pilot flies high
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EZY's PR team appear to have done a great job hushing this one up.
Let's face it, a PR team is hardly likely to send a press release out along the lines of, "EZ are proud to announce one of their pilots has been banned for taking drugs," are they?
Does anyone know what would happen if a pilot goes to management and says I'm knocking back Class As like there's no tomorrow. Help!"?
If the pilot is just tinned, what's the incentive to try and get clean?
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Well said Basil. Sums it up. There's always the chosen few in all walks of life that screw it up
He has (had) two problems:
The taking of illegal drugs and betraying the trust of his passengers and employer.
I would have given him 6 months conditional discharge for taking ecstacy.
I would have given him a life time ban from flying commercially again for betraying his passengers and colleagues and putting them in danger.
It's the psychological bit I would need to protect the public from.
This man has no consideration for others as he pursues his quest for satisfaction - to the extent that he is quite happy to put everyone around him in harms way to achieve his selfish aims. This is why the judge did what he/she needed to do
The taking of illegal drugs and betraying the trust of his passengers and employer.
I would have given him 6 months conditional discharge for taking ecstacy.
I would have given him a life time ban from flying commercially again for betraying his passengers and colleagues and putting them in danger.
It's the psychological bit I would need to protect the public from.
This man has no consideration for others as he pursues his quest for satisfaction - to the extent that he is quite happy to put everyone around him in harms way to achieve his selfish aims. This is why the judge did what he/she needed to do
One of the many problems with MDMA (ecstasy) is that you can't buy a measured dose of the drug from your local pharmacist. Each pill he took would have had vastly a different quantity of MDMA in it, and who knows what else!
MDMA is, as others have said, not a terribly addictive drug, but even if it were and he is deserving of sympathy because of his addiction, it was his choice to fly after using the drug.
I don't care how many pills he takes, I just care that he flew after he took them.
MDMA is, as others have said, not a terribly addictive drug, but even if it were and he is deserving of sympathy because of his addiction, it was his choice to fly after using the drug.
I don't care how many pills he takes, I just care that he flew after he took them.
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After seeing the effects of drink and drugs first hand for many nights of my early working life, I could rant on this topic for ages.
However it can be broken down to :-
Basic personal freedom. What you do in your home is up to you providing you are not harming anyone else physically or mentally.
If you are still under the influence or are suffering from the after effects of what ever you have done, then driving your car let alone operating an aircraft, is wrong.
The airline business in Europe has been very good at self monitoring. The peer system has worked well so far. We had a crew member who started turning up to work regularly smelling of booze. He was quietly side lined by one of our senior crew members and aided in finding help. No stigma, no official management involvement, press, police etc.
As for this guy, well if what was said is true, he was deliberately flying whilst under the influence for the experience of being high whilst flying. If that is indeed the case you can't really argue any extenuating factors for that. For his own personal satisfaction, he was prepared to operate an aircraft whilst being under the effects of a drug. In this degraded state he was willing to accept the trust of his passengers that he was fit to operate. This man has betrayed the trust of his profession, colleagues and passengers.
Having said all this, fatigue anyone?
However it can be broken down to :-
Basic personal freedom. What you do in your home is up to you providing you are not harming anyone else physically or mentally.
If you are still under the influence or are suffering from the after effects of what ever you have done, then driving your car let alone operating an aircraft, is wrong.
The airline business in Europe has been very good at self monitoring. The peer system has worked well so far. We had a crew member who started turning up to work regularly smelling of booze. He was quietly side lined by one of our senior crew members and aided in finding help. No stigma, no official management involvement, press, police etc.
As for this guy, well if what was said is true, he was deliberately flying whilst under the influence for the experience of being high whilst flying. If that is indeed the case you can't really argue any extenuating factors for that. For his own personal satisfaction, he was prepared to operate an aircraft whilst being under the effects of a drug. In this degraded state he was willing to accept the trust of his passengers that he was fit to operate. This man has betrayed the trust of his profession, colleagues and passengers.
Having said all this, fatigue anyone?
