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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Turn in his buddy for smelling like booze?

I say yes. Wingman and co-pilot bro-consideration only goes so far. Driving while drunk is bad enough, flying a 65-seater while loaded is stupid and gets no "bro-coverage" in my book.

  • 01.04.2013 9:48 AM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

To me he's looking out for him more than he's ratting on him. A good bro says, "This is dangerous, and I need to protect him and the people he's putting in danger". A bad bro says, "He's doing something dangerous to himself and others, but I'm not going to say anything because he'll get in trouble."

[Edited on 01.04.2013 9:51 AM PST]

  • 01.04.2013 9:49 AM PDT
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Yes, because that case if something happened then it wouldn't have been just the Captain's and the co-pilot's lives at stake.

  • 01.04.2013 9:51 AM PDT

I am the Carpet man they talk about... I jump from star to star, I walk it out.

Yes. Not doing so would endanger far too many lives.

  • 01.04.2013 9:52 AM PDT

Remember those times when we all had something better to be doing, but didn't do it? Those were good times. Gooood times

Yes. Its protecting the lives of everyone that would have been on the plane, and ignoring it would of been negligence that could have been used against him if the co pilot somehow ended up in court.

  • 01.04.2013 9:54 AM PDT

Welcome to the town of "Diligence." I'm Mayor Due.

I'm glad to hear he spoke up instead of just leaving it to chance. It was probably a crappy decision to have to make if they were real close buddies. Common sense and good judgement, not on the pilot's behalf, seems to have won out for a change.

Although, in the linked article it does not say it was a friend anywhere. I bet it was an angry stewardess...

[Edited on 01.04.2013 10:00 AM PST]

  • 01.04.2013 9:56 AM PDT

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Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Yes, 65 people is a big loss if anything messed up.

  • 01.04.2013 9:56 AM PDT

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It was the proper thing to do.

  • 01.04.2013 9:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Turn in his buddy for smelling like booze?

I say yes. Wingman and co-pilot bro-consideration only goes so far. Driving while drunk is bad enough, flying a 65-seater while loaded is stupid and gets no "bro-coverage" in my book.

Agreed. As both a resonsibility to the passangers and the pilot, a wingman should not let a drunk pilot fly.

  • 01.04.2013 9:58 AM PDT

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  • 01.04.2013 10:05 AM PDT

I'm going to invade your heart like a barn swallow high on milk chocolate and grandma love.

Fairness is only possible within the limited powers of man. Elsewhere, there is only chance.

Thus I refute thee.

You can be my wingman anytime.

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  • 01.04.2013 10:06 AM PDT
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If he's flying drunk, then he's risking my life as well as his. If he is going to break the bro-code, I don't see why I should adhere to it.

  • 01.04.2013 10:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: MegaMuffin16
To me he's looking out for him more than he's ratting on him. A good bro says, "This is dangerous, and I need to protect him and the people he's putting in danger". A bad bro says, "He's doing something dangerous to himself and others, but I'm not going to say anything because he'll get in trouble."


I agree.

  • 01.04.2013 10:09 AM PDT
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Don't do anything you wouldn't want to have to explain to paramedics. Trust me, I'm a pilot.

It was certainly the right thing to do. At altitude, the effects of alcohol become much more pronounced, which would impair the ability to effectively operate something that requires a clear head. In aviation, the general rule of thumb is "eight hours from bottle to throttle"; eight hours from your last drink to the time you fly (provided you didn't drink excessively). Given that the pilot had alcohol on his breath, the copilot was completely right for reporting the captain.

  • 01.04.2013 10:11 AM PDT

I'm going to invade your heart like a barn swallow high on milk chocolate and grandma love.

Fairness is only possible within the limited powers of man. Elsewhere, there is only chance.

Thus I refute thee.

Also I like the new avatar, Recon. Oh wait it just changed back to your old one...

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  • 01.04.2013 10:12 AM PDT

Ugh hell yes. There is nothing in the bro code saying you should let the stupidity of others kill you.

  • 01.04.2013 10:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: Telec
If he is going to break the bro-code, I don't see why I should adhere to it.

This is perfect. All rules out the window when LIVES are at risk.

  • 01.04.2013 10:17 AM PDT