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Six too many: Flight attendant fined for being six times over legal alcohol limit
About a month ago I wrote about the flight attendant that showed up too work a little too intoxicated for her own good. The flight which she was scheduled to work on August 3 was headed from Aberdeen, Scotland to Faro, Portugal but was delayed for almost seven hours while a replacement was found for the tipsy flight attendant. Turns out she was more than just tipsy; she was six times over the legal limit. So this Tuesday the flight attendant was forced to resign from her job as well as tacking on a £400 fine. Thanks to the hearing we have learned some of the juicy details of the incident. According to the Press and Journal the woman had arrived in Aberdeen in the early hours of Saturday August 2. She proceeded to go out with the rest of the crew and went to bed somewhere around breakfast time. Later that day she went into town with four colleagues. Two cocktails and two shared bottles of wine later, the woman said she went to bed around 11pm.
Doesn't sound all too crazy, but somehow the following morning something was just a little off... to the tune of six times over the legal limit for her job and three times over the legal limit for driving a car. So she was removed from the plane by police officers... But who knows, maybe a tipsy flight attendant would have made the flight just a little more entertaining... except for the fact they they are there for our safety! Don't drink and fly.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
masanddjs Aug 28th 2008 11:28AM
Don't you mean a DRUNK flight attendant? Aren't you flight attendants always preaching to the rest of us that you are there for OUR safety? Saying she might have made the flight more fun, is the lowest of the low and a sad commentary of what we should expect from a flight attendant. ESPECIALLY, when they remove drunk passengers.