Passengers reject Pilot
Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 16:37I hope it is mere coincidence that the first two threads in the Other Ailrines forum are both about Aeroflot:
(1) Passengers reject Pilot
and
(2) 88 die in Aeroflot - Nord plane crash
[:(]
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Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 16:37Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 16:56Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 19:23OMG, that is shocking and very worrying[:0]
A spokesman was named 'Smirnov' how very apt, maybe, that was what the pilot was re-fueled on[}:)]
Perhaps it is now time to do Blood tests on the Pilots before they board the aircraft and take innocent people's lives in there hands? I cannot tolerate drink drivers[:(!], a drunk pilot should be put in jail for the rest of his life[y]
A spokesman was named 'Smirnov' how very apt, maybe, that was what the pilot was re-fueled on[}:)]
Perhaps it is now time to do Blood tests on the Pilots before they board the aircraft and take innocent people's lives in there hands? I cannot tolerate drink drivers[:(!], a drunk pilot should be put in jail for the rest of his life[y]
Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 22:50Different cultures have different standards.
It amazes me just how well some Russians can perform with almost pure Vodka in their veins!
Not that I'd want to be on board!
It amazes me just how well some Russians can perform with almost pure Vodka in their veins!
Not that I'd want to be on board!
Posted: 04 Feb 2009, 23:23It's the 'no big deal' comment that I find most worrying.
Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 07:53quote:Originally posted by Bill S
Different cultures have different standards.
It amazes me just how well some Russians can perform with almost pure Vodka in their veins!
Quite true, been there done it, seen it. They do drink a lot but it is over a long period of time and they always drink vodka straight, not with a mixer, therefore less sugar and a slower absorbsion rate. They also eat as they drink which helps. The father in law and his brothers can destroy me in a one night session easily[:w]
Iain
Different cultures have different standards.
It amazes me just how well some Russians can perform with almost pure Vodka in their veins!
Quite true, been there done it, seen it. They do drink a lot but it is over a long period of time and they always drink vodka straight, not with a mixer, therefore less sugar and a slower absorbsion rate. They also eat as they drink which helps. The father in law and his brothers can destroy me in a one night session easily[:w]
Iain
Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 09:59If I were on that flight and suspected the pilot was drunk I would be off the aircraft like a shot. [:0]
But then again I would never book with Aeroflop in the first place.[n]
But then again I would never book with Aeroflop in the first place.[n]
Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 11:45Today's Guardian G2 section carries a further report from a passenger. This isn't in their on-line edition, so I'll just share the last couple of lines..
'(The Aeroflot representative) sought to reassure us that a drunk pilot is not such a big deal. 'Really, all he has to do is press the buttons and the plan flies itself' he said 'the worst that could happen is he'll trip over something in the cockpit''
'(The Aeroflot representative) sought to reassure us that a drunk pilot is not such a big deal. 'Really, all he has to do is press the buttons and the plan flies itself' he said 'the worst that could happen is he'll trip over something in the cockpit''
Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 11:56quote:Originally posted by pjh
Today's Guardian G2 section carries a further report from a passenger. This isn't in their on-line edition, so I'll just share the last couple of lines..
'(The Aeroflot representative) sought to reassure us that a drunk pilot is not such a big deal. 'Really, all he has to do is press the buttons and the plan flies itself' he said 'the worst that could happen is he'll trip over something in the cockpit''
So long as what he trips over isn't the button that makes the plane fly itself [:w]
Today's Guardian G2 section carries a further report from a passenger. This isn't in their on-line edition, so I'll just share the last couple of lines..
'(The Aeroflot representative) sought to reassure us that a drunk pilot is not such a big deal. 'Really, all he has to do is press the buttons and the plan flies itself' he said 'the worst that could happen is he'll trip over something in the cockpit''
So long as what he trips over isn't the button that makes the plane fly itself [:w]
Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 14:07I wonder what this 'battery of medical tests' involves? Clearly not a breathalyser or even a deep sniff.
Perhaps you have to be drunk to fly Aeroflot?
Perhaps you have to be drunk to fly Aeroflot?