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U.S. Southwest pilot removed from cockpit, booked for DUI
A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of a Wednesday January 15 flight 3772 from Savannah Georgia to Chicago Midway and was booked on a charge of driving under the influence, a source familiar with the incident told CBS News. Airport police in Savannah removed him before flight 3772 to Chicago's Midway Airport took off. (www.cbsnews.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Obviously alcohol has effects that are not generally known. It turns off the brain's certain reasoning and intelligence powers and makes people do reeeally stupid things they would might otherwise not do if they were sober. Once the effects of the alcohol have worn off, the brain goes into "oops" mode. I'm sure his brain will thinking about what he did for a long time.
While I do not know this pilot, addicts will risk everything to feed their addiction. Likely the case here. Perhaps this is the bottom for this person and they'll get into a program.
Addiction is a hell of a thing, I’m glad he was removed from the cockpit as this was obviously the right decision, and I just hope he’s able to get help for his alcohol addiction, I pray this is his rock bottom wake-up call. Being a pilot is such an incredible privilege in life, I hope he recognises what he will lose if he doesn’t get help.
The first step to recovery from Addiction is accepting that you have an addiction problem in the first place, if you cannot admit the problem within yourself, then you will never be able to fully recover!
So, which position do you take, here you express empathy, and truth in facing addiction, but in another post you seem to have a “get the f out of here you lousy drunk!”
Unfortunately, there are those pilots who have medical conditions that they have not disclosed to the FAA. And, you have pilots like this one who know they have addiction issues and they also see if they can get away with having them, until it's too late.