Pilot was 'six times over limit'

A pilot turned up for work almost six-and-a-half times over the drink limit to fly a plane, a jury heard.

Arrived in uniform

Mr Yates, a US citizen, was arrested and taken to Altrincham Police Station where a doctor took a blood sample.

This gave a result of 129 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the court was told.

The legal limit for flying an aircraft is 20 milligrams.

Happy I wasn't booked on that plane (if he managed to fly....)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ter/6467361.stm

LaoPo

To avoid this in the future, the law should be changed to disallow being in a secure area of the airport or in the cockpit while under the influence. Then there won't be any lame "I was on my way to call in (couldn't find a phone) sick" excuses.

He'd have been flying high

Watch this:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DN

.....Scroll down untill you see: "Drunk Airline Pilots?"

What would YOU say if you would see these drunk pilots....?

(not reality though..)

LaoPo

The legal limit for flying an aircraft is 20 milligrams.

IMO the limit for flying an aircraft should be zero!!!