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I'm sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. Days ago we had NWA pilots not paying attention and missing their mark by hundreds of miles because nobody was able to contact them to tell them.
Today we have drunken United Airline pilot...
I'm sorry because there was a time I would not fly, nowhere, no how, no place. I overcame my fear in order to make a first flight to Jamaica and before long I was on my way to Scandinavia. Still, I hated every take off and landing and air pocket in between..
I don't go for the "you are safer in a plane than car" lines..even though the stats prove it true. It's a control issue I have I suppose.
Now this:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines has suspended a pilot who was arrested in London on suspicion that he was about to fly a Boeing 767 with 124 passengers while drunk, the airline said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday before Flight 949, which was bound for Chicago and would have carried 124 passengers and 11 crew. The passengers were accommodated on other flights.
The 51-year-old pilot, whose name was not released, was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport and freed on bail pending the results of alcohol tests, London metropolitan police spokesman Simon Fisher said.
Fisher declined to give further information.
United, a unit of UAL Corp, said the pilot has been suspended.
"Safety is our highest priority and the pilot has been removed from service while we are cooperating with authorities and conducting a full investigation," UAL spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said.
"United's alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry, and we have no tolerance for violation of this well-established policy," she said.
In another incident involving airline safety recently, the pilots of a Northwest Airlines jetliner became distracted and overshot the Minneapolis-St. Airport by 150 miles last month.
(Reporting by Kyle Peterson; Editing by Will Dunham)
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Today we have drunken United Airline pilot...
I'm sorry because there was a time I would not fly, nowhere, no how, no place. I overcame my fear in order to make a first flight to Jamaica and before long I was on my way to Scandinavia. Still, I hated every take off and landing and air pocket in between..
I don't go for the "you are safer in a plane than car" lines..even though the stats prove it true. It's a control issue I have I suppose.
Now this:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines has suspended a pilot who was arrested in London on suspicion that he was about to fly a Boeing 767 with 124 passengers while drunk, the airline said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday before Flight 949, which was bound for Chicago and would have carried 124 passengers and 11 crew. The passengers were accommodated on other flights.
The 51-year-old pilot, whose name was not released, was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport and freed on bail pending the results of alcohol tests, London metropolitan police spokesman Simon Fisher said.
Fisher declined to give further information.
United, a unit of UAL Corp, said the pilot has been suspended.
"Safety is our highest priority and the pilot has been removed from service while we are cooperating with authorities and conducting a full investigation," UAL spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said.
"United's alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry, and we have no tolerance for violation of this well-established policy," she said.
In another incident involving airline safety recently, the pilots of a Northwest Airlines jetliner became distracted and overshot the Minneapolis-St. Airport by 150 miles last month.
(Reporting by Kyle Peterson; Editing by Will Dunham)
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ahhhh memories of drunk pilots 
It IS a cause for concern. At least for the people who were on that flight and for those of us who do not like to fly in the first place!
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