Why? A man recently decided to kick back those cold ones, mere minutes before starting his hard day's work.
Normally, this would make for a great YouTube Epic Work Fails Compilation, if, say, the man was working as a phone operator.
Problem is, this guy's hard day's work was not working as a phone operator. His was being a pilot for a major airline, entailing transporting thousands of innocents through the air.
A hard day's work that becomes considerably harder and more dangerous when your ass is too drunk to do it.
From Fox2
A spokesperson at Detroit Metro Airport has confirmed that an American Airlines pilotwas taken into custody Saturday morning, facing several charges after failing two sobriety tests
.
According to airport officials, the pilot was entering crew checkin the North Terminal Saturday morning just before 7 a.m. when TSA agents
notified airport police that the pilot was exhibiting behaviors of possibly being under the influence of alcohol.
The pilot was detained and an on-site breathalyzer testOh goody. Someone is auditioning for Flight 2 before production even starts. We're sure he'll be a shoe-in with this tryout.was performed. The pilot, who is either 50 or 51 years old from Pennsylvania, failed two sobriety tests, and was then taken into custody by airport police
It's bad enough we have to constantly worry about 9/11s, suicidal pilots and disappearing planes when we fly. Now you add wasted pilots to that mix? It's a great thing they removed this guy before he had a chance to wreak havoc. But what the hell prompts somebody to get twisted before they're about to help navigate a major airline flight?
Someone at AA needs to start answering questions. That, or send the rest of their crew to that other AA.
Credit for picture goes to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgqOYOSuLOw