Maybe, but these morons are the exception, not the norm. Otherwise, you would see many times the number of plane crashes, due to drunk pilots, as you see crashes due to 'normal' mechanical failure/pilot error.
Last time I checked, far more people have been killed due to drunk car drivers than will ever be killed due to airline accidents. Yet I'm sure you take to the road and put your life in the hands of other drivers, drunk or not, every day. At least there are precautions for airline pilots. All that stands between you and a bloody windshield is a lame driver's test and cops who can only catch drunk/bad drivers after they "take off", or after they wipe out a few people and can't run any farther. Again, I say that a potential pilot with speeding tickets, or a single DUI can't even get a job. On the other hand, dumbasses with a history of DUI are allowed back out on the street to potentially kill again and again, license, or not. I'm not defending this pilot and co-pilot. They did the crime and their entire life career is shot. They will never fly for commercial airlines again and I highly doubt they will ever fly for UPS, Amex, or anyone else, ever. It serves them right .. but one incident doesn't represent an industry and 2 idiots don't represent any other airline pilots. P.T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Pilots Arrested For Being Drunk > If the system truly did its job they wouldn't have been in the cockpit. > > Howie ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
