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Virgin Atlantic Skipper Arrested for Boozing
World | April 2, 2007, Monday // 00:00
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The skipper of a Virgin Atlantic flight was arrested on Saturday morning and was hauled off his plane in handcuffs for being drunk, the UK newspaper the Sun reported.
Police detained him after a security staff alerted he suspected the GBP 120,000-a-year flier had been boozing.
The pilot, 47, was then breathalysed and arrested behind the controls, as more than 300 people on board flight VS003 waited to take off for New York.
Virgin Atlantic, headed by tycoon Sir Richard Branson, has suspended the captain pending blood test results. If these are positive he will be charged and face court. The pilot was given police bail.
The arrest occurred as the Airbus 340 was standing at a gate in Heathrow's Terminal 3. A replacement pilot was found and the flight departed an hour late.
Virgin, like most airlines, operates a zero-tolerance policy to drink and drugs. Aircrew are told they can have had no alcohol eight hours before duty and only a small amount 24 hours before.
The limit for flying is nine micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath compared to 35 micrograms for driving.
No further comment was provided, as the matter is part of an ongoing police inquiry.
Police detained him after a security staff alerted he suspected the GBP 120,000-a-year flier had been boozing.
The pilot, 47, was then breathalysed and arrested behind the controls, as more than 300 people on board flight VS003 waited to take off for New York.
Virgin Atlantic, headed by tycoon Sir Richard Branson, has suspended the captain pending blood test results. If these are positive he will be charged and face court. The pilot was given police bail.
The arrest occurred as the Airbus 340 was standing at a gate in Heathrow's Terminal 3. A replacement pilot was found and the flight departed an hour late.
Virgin, like most airlines, operates a zero-tolerance policy to drink and drugs. Aircrew are told they can have had no alcohol eight hours before duty and only a small amount 24 hours before.
The limit for flying is nine micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath compared to 35 micrograms for driving.
No further comment was provided, as the matter is part of an ongoing police inquiry.
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