This is an article of interest, because I have had first hand experience dealing with a person who is a co-pilot with our National Carrier who still flies.
Dependency on alcohol is not less serious than any other substances people abuse. The co-pilot who was arrested, must probably feel that it's unfair for him. Rightly so, because in that industry, most consume alcohol and don't get arrested, because they haven't placed hundreds of lives in danger YET or they have not abused the habit.
As with all substance abusers, they will never admit that they have a drinking problem.
In a closed profession like the airline industry crew, it should be easier to actually follow protocol but this particular co-pilot has been flying under the radar (every pun intended) for so many years, that his employers, the airline has just taken that like playing golf.
Just because he hasn't caused the crash of a flight, doesn't mean it won't happen. Just because he drinks coffee before flight doesn't mean, he hasn't totally emptied a bottle of whisky less than 5 hours before flight.
Perhaps some airlines turn a blind eye, until a tragedy occurs, which actually means, it's being run by indifferent Chiefs.
So far, this pilot has had disciplinary issues on file, of which only 2 was linked to his drunken behaviour when off duty.
The panel interviewing him about the incidents are not trained personnel in substance abuse, to know any better. That already is incorrect.
Substance abusers should be assessed by Psychologists, who can determine if the behaviour was caused by their habit definitively and recommend mandatory remedial.
People are not born with a need to abuse any kind of substance. If there is an urge to overdo some activity, something is clearly not in place. It's called COMPENSATING. Question is, compensating for what?
Airlines around the world should take a hard look at their flight crew. With the threat of terrorism worldwide and our inability to guess what is going to hit us next, isn't it pertinent to clean up the backyard we have control over, instead of just waiting for move lives to be lost before we react?
After mothers/fathers/daughters/sons/sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles have lost their lives, everything becomes IN RETROSPECT.
Why wait for a lesson to be learnt, when the book is right there? Passengers fly because we are not birds - we can't do an annual migration without the airlines. Don't blame the terrorists for making the world an unsafe place when our own airlines play lucky draw with our lives, whenever an alcoholic dons his flight blazer and walks into the cockpit.
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/03/27/co-pilot-suspected-drunk-american-airlines-pkg.wdiv
Dependency on alcohol is not less serious than any other substances people abuse. The co-pilot who was arrested, must probably feel that it's unfair for him. Rightly so, because in that industry, most consume alcohol and don't get arrested, because they haven't placed hundreds of lives in danger YET or they have not abused the habit.
As with all substance abusers, they will never admit that they have a drinking problem.
In a closed profession like the airline industry crew, it should be easier to actually follow protocol but this particular co-pilot has been flying under the radar (every pun intended) for so many years, that his employers, the airline has just taken that like playing golf.
Just because he hasn't caused the crash of a flight, doesn't mean it won't happen. Just because he drinks coffee before flight doesn't mean, he hasn't totally emptied a bottle of whisky less than 5 hours before flight.
Perhaps some airlines turn a blind eye, until a tragedy occurs, which actually means, it's being run by indifferent Chiefs.
So far, this pilot has had disciplinary issues on file, of which only 2 was linked to his drunken behaviour when off duty.
The panel interviewing him about the incidents are not trained personnel in substance abuse, to know any better. That already is incorrect.
Substance abusers should be assessed by Psychologists, who can determine if the behaviour was caused by their habit definitively and recommend mandatory remedial.
People are not born with a need to abuse any kind of substance. If there is an urge to overdo some activity, something is clearly not in place. It's called COMPENSATING. Question is, compensating for what?
Airlines around the world should take a hard look at their flight crew. With the threat of terrorism worldwide and our inability to guess what is going to hit us next, isn't it pertinent to clean up the backyard we have control over, instead of just waiting for move lives to be lost before we react?
After mothers/fathers/daughters/sons/sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles have lost their lives, everything becomes IN RETROSPECT.
Why wait for a lesson to be learnt, when the book is right there? Passengers fly because we are not birds - we can't do an annual migration without the airlines. Don't blame the terrorists for making the world an unsafe place when our own airlines play lucky draw with our lives, whenever an alcoholic dons his flight blazer and walks into the cockpit.
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/03/27/co-pilot-suspected-drunk-american-airlines-pkg.wdiv
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