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Posted on 04/27/2016 9:18:05 AM PDT by oh8eleven
A JetBlue pilot was arrested for flying under the influence of alcohol after transporting a planeload of passengers from Florida to Kennedy Airport last week, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday.
Murphy blew a .11 for breath alcohol content on a breath testing device, according to the criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
.11 when he landed? I wonder what it was at takeoff!
Sad. He’ll be lucky to be flying charters in Africa after he gets out of rehab.
Let’s cut the guy some slack. Flying is a scary thing for a lot of people and you take a few pops before boarding, mellow out a bit and you are calm as a cucumber! Works for me so why not pilots?
so....we strip-search Granny before she can board, but we don’t make the pilot take a pre-flight brethalyzer?
why do they test after wheels in the well vs b4.Duhhhh
Did my best, most epic stunts when I was ripped
Rode a wheelie on my KDX200 down Cooper St. in Arlington TX. for over 3 miles. I was 18 and wasted. Had friends witness. I was doing like 5 mph. Over 25 years ago. I was kinda talented on a dirt bike back then. Oh and Cooper was two lanes south of Arkansas lane back then
Quite a bit higher than the plane.
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Lots of questions, as usual, left unanswered due to the lack of context from the "journalist." Hired 15 months ago, he probably is not a captain. I would hope the other pilot would not fly if the guy seemed impaired. Drinking while flying isn't a guy having a good time, it's an alcoholic.
From what I hear there is quite change in the mentality of air crews these days. A lot of people are in the "click click" club, as a description of a guy that maybe gets dinner and then goes straight to bed. Not as many party animals. I would have a tough time being an airline guy because I don't sleep that well in hotels.
Heard from a friend who is a private pilot about one incident where he saw another pilot performing some impromptu aerobatics for the benefit of those gathered on the ground. He successfully and smoothly put the aircraft through some pretty tricky aerial maneuvers (leaving my pilot friend slack-jawed with amazement), then brought the plane down safely in a picture-perfect landing. Pilot climbed out of the plane, then fell to the ground in a stinking heap. The onlookers rushed over to ascertain the problem, which immediately became quite obvious upon inspection. The pilot was so blitheringly drunk he absolutely could not walk, which didn’t stop him from putting on a very able exhibition of his flying skills.
Got to wonder why the co-pilot did not relieve the pilot during the flight. That would seem to me to be a common sense response.
“After this he’ll be lucky to be flying cargo planes full of dog $h!t out of Hong Kong” (from the movie Top Gun).
On the other hand, this is 2016 - just claim you’re homosexual or trans-something. He’ll be back on the job tomorrow.
Good question, but I wonder if the flight attendants slipped him a few of those mini bottles of whiskey or something of similar proof.
That would explain him getting on the plane cold sober.
Probably because its the equivalent of being a bus driver. Except this bus drives it self for most of the trip.
Here is the flight .... really
http://9gag.com/gag/awbxd5W/i-see-your-dance-and-raise-you-a-barrel-roll
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