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Unprofessional Pilots Need Not Apply

Steve Scott

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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United Airlines has suspended a pilot who was arrested in London on suspicion that he was about to fly a Boeing 767 with 124 passengers while exceeding the legal limit for alcohol. The incident occurring on Nov. 9 involved United Flight 949, which was bound for Chicago. The passengers were accommodated on other flights. The 51-year-old pilot was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport and freed on bail pending the results of alcohol tests, London metropolitan police spokesman Simon Fisher said.…

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