Pilot fired for attempting to fly while drunk

[Jollygoodfellow]

Why security did not do anything makes you wonder.  See video in link at bottom of post.

A pilot for a budget Indonesian airline has been fired after allegedly arriving for work drunk.

Captain Tekad Purna was stood down by Citilink Airlines on Wednesday after a number of passengers complained that he appeared to be drunk as his flight prepared to depart from Surabaya on the island of Java to the nation's capital of Jakarta.

They became concerned by his slurred words and unclear announcements, claiming that he was talking incoherently during an announcement made prior to take-off.

A number of passengers decided to disembark from the plane as a result, according to the Jakarta Post.

CCTV released by the airport shows a stumbling, sunglass-wearing Captain Purna attempting to clear through customs at Surabaya.

As he pulls his bag out of the x-ray scanner, personal items are scattered across the floor and the security agents help him pick them up.

Citilink announced on Friday that Captain Purna has been fired for breaching procedures.

Two top executives of the low-cost carrier also resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for the incident.

President director Albert Burhan and operational director Hadinoto Soedigno announced their resignations after a press conference in Jakarta yesterday.

"Pak (an Indonesian honorific) Albert expressed his intention to resign all of a sudden at the end of a press conference [on Friday] as a form of his responsibility [regarding the case]," Citilink vice president of corporate communications Benny S Butarbutar told the Jakarta Post.

Citilink is a subsidiary of Indonesian national carrier Garuda.

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/12/31/08/27/pilot-fired-for-attempting-to-fly-while-drunk

[Jack Peterson]

 He should never have made it to the Cockpit. It is a well known Fact that Pilots are in the Top 5 of the Top 10 Worst professional Binge Drinkers but what ever happened to the 8 hours from the  bottle to the Throttle  or even the 20 min before Breathalyzer that was promised by the Majority of the CAA's and the US. FAA the reading is .004 to be clear those 20 mins before taking Control of the Aircraft. I have no Sympathy for these pilots and every Concern for Passengers that get a Pilot that slipped the net and I know many Do.

 BTW a recent report claims the South Korea has the worlds largest number of Alcoholics and this must surely me a warning Sign about low cost Airlines.

[jpbago]

1 hour ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Why security did not do anything makes you wonder

He was not the only one. This happened yesterday in Calgary, Alberta.

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/12/31/pilot-arrested-in-calgary-charged-with-being-impaired-before-takeoff