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'DRUNKEN' DUO FLIES INTO REHAB
New York Post ^ | 7/24/02 | Post Staff and Wire Services

Posted on 07/24/2002 4:32:28 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

July 24, 2002 -- MIAMI - Two America West pilots accused of being drunk when they tried to fly a jetliner have been in alcohol rehab, prosecutors said yesterday.

Lawyers for Thomas Porter Cloyd and Christopher Hughes requested a hearing today to ask a judge to delay their Aug. 1 hearing because the pilots will be in rehabilitation until Aug. 2, Assistant State Attorney Ronald Ramsingh said.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americawest; drunk; drunkpilots; pilots

1 posted on 07/24/2002 4:32:28 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
The Smoking Gun posted a copy of the pilots bar tab at

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/pilottab1.html
2 posted on 07/24/2002 4:50:12 AM PDT by Fixit
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To: Fixit
A major crime has been committed here. $63 for 7 34 ounce beers? That's $9 a beer. Yikes!

As for their rehab, who cares. Rehabbed or not, they should never pilot a plane again.

3 posted on 07/24/2002 6:53:11 AM PDT by KarlInOhio
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