Nope, not at my house - probably at an airport-area bar though. Jose Prize Veteran of being with drunk pilots In a message dated 7/1/2002 8:01:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jfuoco@lynx.dac.neu.edu writes: > Subj:Re: Too Much MIA Fun > Date:7/1/2002 8:01:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:jfuoco@lynx.dac.neu.edu";>jfuoco@lynx.dac.neu.edu</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > Sent from the Internet > > IN a rather ironic twist, the security screeners actually did their part > in aircraft safety. > > Now if they were only as good at spotting weapons as they are at detecting > drunk pilots!! > > Jim > > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Douglas Schnell wrote: > > > Just when you thought MIA was a great place (based on their 6% failure > > rate from the TSA)...... > > > > Jose, were these guys at your house? > > > > Police: America West pilots were drunk before takeoff > > > > MIAMI - (AP) -- Two America West pilots on a Phoenix-bound jetliner were > > ordered back to the airport terminal moments before they were to takeoff > > Monday and arrested for being legally drunk, police said. > > > > Pilot Thomas Cloyd, 44, and co-pilot Christopher Hughes, 40, were at the > > helm of America West Flight 566 and about to takeoff when officials > > ordered that they return the plane to the terminal. > > > > They were given breath tests and registered blood-alcohol levels above > > .08, Florida's legal limit for operating machinery, said Miami-Dade > > police Detective Juan DelCastillo. > > > > Cloyd had a .091 blood-alcohol level, while Hughes registered .084, > > DelCastillo said. > > > > Each was charged with a felony count of operating an aircraft under the > > influence and operating a motor vehicle under the influence, police > > said. > > > > Both have been suspended with pay pending an investigation by the > > airline, said Patty Nowack, an America West spokeswoman. > > > > ''We are indeed conducting an investigation,'' Nowack said. ``If these > > pilots did have alcohol in their system, they will be terminated.'' > > > > Security screeners at Miami International Airport first noticed a whiff > > of alcohol on the men around early Monday when the pilots tried to bring > > cups of coffee through the checkpoint, DelCastillo said. > > > > The screeners alerted police, but by the time officers arrived, the > > plane had already left the gate and was headed for takeoff. The airport > > tower ordered the plane back to the terminal and the pilots were given a > > cursory sobriety test, DelCastillo said. > > > > The men were then asked to take the breath test and agreed. > > > > They were being held by police Monday night pending processing, > > > > The men were then asked to take the breath test and agreed. > > > > They were being held by police Monday night pending processing, > > DelCastillo said. > > > > Cloyd has worked for America West since 1990. Hughes joined the airline > > in January 1999, Nowack said. Both pilots have good working records, she > > said. > > > > ''We have notified the FAA,'' Nowack said. ``I do understand that their > > licenses would be in jeopardy with this sort of allegation.'' > > > > Calls to the Federal Aviation Administration were not immediately > > returned Monday. > > > > The flight, which was to take off at 10:38 a.m. EDT carrying 124 > > passengers, was canceled and America West found accommodations on other > > airlines for them, Nowack said. > > > > It was the pilots' first flight of the day, she said. >