Re:The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air
by rurounijones on Thursday December 11, 2014 @09:44PM
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I seem to remember an organisation in the UK pushing for a mandatory breathalyzer test for all pilots before boarding their aircraft for every flight, don't think it got anywhere though.
Re:The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air
by mbillie1 on Thursday December 11, 2014 @10:21PM
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That article was an amazing read.
Re:The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air
by trhway on Thursday December 11, 2014 @11:19PM
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well, the live in Russia is "amazing" - this is why i chose "boring" live in the US :)
another typical episode:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338484/Helicopter-s...
"A helicopter crash that killed three people in Russia was caused by the drunk pilot allowing an also-inebriated passenger to pilot the aircraft, according to an inquiry."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/4448...
It is pretty surprising that passengers got that fussy this time, as usually nobody bothers.
money quote:
""It's not such a big deal if the pilot is drunk," one [Airflot] representative said, according to the English-language Moscow Times, which had a reporter on board.
"Really, all he has to do is press a button and the plane flies itself. The worst that could happen is he'll trip over something in the cockpit.""