Drunk Indian pilot.

[sadshishamo]

An Air India pilot, who is also a Flight Operations Inspector with civil aviation regulator DGCA, has been suspended from active duty after he tested positive for alcohol.

"Captain Sebastian, who was to fly between Chennai to Madurai, has been grounded for three months after he was tested positive for alcohol during a pre-flight breathalyser test, a mandatory exercise to ensure flight safety," a senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said.

After inspection at various airports, the DGCA has found that results from commonly used breathalyser – Alco-Sensor III -- were not satisfactory.

"We have asked the airlines to use advanced breathalyser, Alco-Sensor IV, to conduct pre-flight checks. In the last 10 days, four pilots, including a trainee captain, have been tested positive for alcohol," the official said.

They have all been suspended from active duty, he added. The Alco-Sensor IV is a handheld breath-alcohol tester which provides a simple, accurate and economical method of determining alcohol concentration in a person's breath with evidential grade accuracy.

In order to make flights more safe, DGCA chief Bharat Bhushan has ordered strict action against these pilots.

"I have ordered the strictest possible action against such people. We have been conducting regular checks, but we will also be conducting surprise checks to stop such practices," Bhushan told PTI.

 

[Windsor]

An Air India pilot, who is also a Flight Operations Inspector with civil aviation regulator DGCA, has been suspended from active duty after he tested positive for alcohol.

I hare to say this but foreign airlines of 3rd world countries cannot be trusted to ensure the safety of their passengers.:(

 

[IreneYeoh]

Almost all pilots I know drink like they own breweries. Some senior ones even dare to order attendants to pass free beer or liquor to them in the cockpit midflight cruising time. We're not supposed to but what to do? On the ground, there's office politics. In the air, there's midflight politics where pilots are kings.

 

[sadshishamo]

hi ms Yeoh, I think that was old school. These days its just not possible to do this sort of thing and not get reported.
By and large this pilot drinking on duty issue has been killed off in most of the 1st world airlines.

Almost all pilots I know drink like they own breweries. Some senior ones even dare to order attendants to pass free beer or liquor to them in the cockpit midflight cruising time. We're not supposed to but what to do? On the ground, there's office politics. In the air, there's midflight politics where pilots are kings.

 

[sadshishamo]

Indeed. There is some lack of discipline in these airlines. To be fair, it is not very rampant but it does exist.

I hare to say this but foreign airlines of 3rd world countries cannot be trusted to ensure the safety of their passengers.:(

 

[BuiKia]

I only see this in the title:

"Drunk Indian *****.

 

[IreneYeoh]

hi ms Yeoh, I think that was old school. These days its just not possible to do this sort of thing and not get reported.
By and large this pilot drinking on duty issue has been killed off in most of the 1st world airlines.

Haiz, you don't know JAL culture. Disboeying or reporting against superior is something like committing suicide samurai style.