An American pilot preparing to fly a packed aeroplane while twice the legal alcohol limit blamed his intoxication on strong British beer he was not used to, a court heard Captain Joseph Crites, 57, said the unfamiliar tipple was stronger than alcoholic beverages he usually drank and he did not realise it would put him over the limit when he turned up at Heathrow the next morning. Security guards smelled alcohol on his breath as he was about to take charge of an American Airlines Boeing 777 heading for Chicago with 204 passengers on board.
Captain Joseph Crites, 57, said the unfamiliar tipple was stronger than alcoholic beverages he usually drank and he did not realise it would put him over the limit when he turned up at Heathrow the next morning.
Security guards smelled alcohol on his breath as he was about to take charge of an American Airlines Boeing 777 heading for Chicago with 204 passengers on board.
Fact is, pilots shouldn't be anywhere near a bar the night before a flight. It ain't about staying under the limit cos the limit is zero. keep to the Fen Causeway
Security guards smelled alcohol on his breath
He's full of shit. Or in the US he's allowed to board his plane while smelling of alcohol... The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.
