United Airlines pilot sentenced to one year's suspension of flying permit at Roissy

[GlobalNav]

Originally Posted by Magplug

But that's not what @Oilhead (who is 'very familiar with this particular program') is maintaining....... Reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol in the US is a felony offence that can get you 2-3 years behind bars and permanent licence disqualification. If the pilot gets busted it's too late to volunteer for a rehab course. Maintaining otherwise is simply ill-informed.

Thats the appropriate answer! 👍🏻

[Flyg1rl]

Originally Posted by Oilhead

I am very familiar with this particular program at this particular airline. As long as a pilot seeks help via their union and supervisor, and makes it through the "program" agreed between the FAA, the airline and the union, that pilot will fly again.

That sounds reasonable. Only one has to seek help and can't be caught in the "act". Than it becomes a completely different story.

[MarkerInbound]

I’ve flown with pilots that have served federal time for flying while intoxicated, made it through the HIMS program and returned to an airline cockpit. It’s better to recognize the problem before blowing positive on a random or for cause test but a positive test is not a career ending event in FAA land.

[Joe_K]

Originally Posted by Tartiflette Fan

Just to be clear, I used the term "suspension of his flying permit " to describe permission to fly in French airspace to avoid circumlucations in translations and unnecessary verbiage. The French article simple reports a "ban ".

It is "suspension du titre aéronautique" in French, see the "Décret n° 2022-978 du 2 juillet 2022 relatif aux contrôles de l'alcoolémie et de l'usage de stupéfiants dans le domaine de l'aviation civile"