My guess is that he is done with that employer.
It's always 7AM somewhere.Arrested at 7AM, charged with driving under the influence.
Arrested at 7AM, charged with driving under the influence.
HIMS works better when you enter it before getting caught at the airport preparing to fly. He has a lot of legal issues to get through first.
I looked at the airmen registry…unlikely since usually for those pilots it would say medical not valid after xxx date.
There were the northwest pilots who got busted flying drunk. One ended up as an FO At American. So there is precedent.
Yeah, I remember that happening. I’m not sure if HIMS was even a thing back then.
No idea. But I’ve flown with 3 HIMS “graduates” in the last two years. I imagine their families encouraged them to get help or they finally realized they had a problem and needed help.
i cannot discuss it due to an NDA, but I can say for a fact that it will take a while, but If he does what he needs to and abides by the stipulations put on him he can return to the cockpit.
And that is exactly what is wrong with the FAA medical system. It keeps people who may have had a misdiagnosis as a kid from pursuing a flying career but lets a pilot who tried to fly a jet loaded with passengers while knowingly drunk get back in the cockpit again. Does anyone on here really want this guy ever flying your family around regardless of what “stipulations” he meets?
Both will have to prove to the FAA that they are medically fit to operate an aircraft. Depending on what the kid was "misdiagnosed" with, his path may be significant easier. But the villain in such cases is the professional who gives the misdiagnosis, not the FAA for believing it.
He jumped through a lot of hoops already to get to the point where he was about to fly passengers drunk. It’s not a matter of if he can jump through enough hoops to convince a doctor that he gave up alcohol or not. His inability to make appropriate decisions that affect the flying public should disqualify him from returning to the cockpit. It’s likely that this isn’t his first time flying while impaired. It’s just the first time he was caught. He deserves no sympathy and should never be granted PIC privileges again.
Ok
Didn’t start with zero hours, just zero certificates & ratings.
Just the written, checkride prep, and checkride. Their previous hours, including training, still count.
Well, if that's gonna be their reaction, it's probably more fun to fly under a bridge.
Nope. Legacy airlines will help them get their certs back, rehire them, help them get their medical back, it’s really not a job threatening issue.
