Airliner pilot jailed for drinking

Schroeder · 11-22-13, 08:19 AM

I'm on the fence on this one. Surely you have no business in a cockpit after drinking, but it's not as if he had been really drunk. He was just slightly over the legal limit for handling a car so definitely not in a drunken stupor. He has been flying for 25 years without incident and if the kidnap threat story is true then I can understand his stress, which is no excuse to enter a cockpit intoxicated but at least I can feel a bit for him there. While he should be punished I find 9 months in jail too harsh given the facts.

11-22-13, 08:19 AM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I'm on the fence on this one. Surely you have no business in a cockpit after drinking, but it's not as if he had been really drunk. He was just slightly over the legal limit for handling a car so definitely not in a drunken stupor. He has been flying for 25 years without incident and if the kidnap threat story is true then I can understand his stress, which is no excuse to enter a cockpit intoxicated but at least I can feel a bit for him there. While he should be punished I find 9 months in jail too harsh given the facts. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.