Yeah, I heard of it last week.  Thought it was good he was pulled from duty;
alcohol and flying don't mix, IMHO.

Kat

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:14:35 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This just came across my desk via the wire.
> Anyone else heard this story?
>
> -Kyle
>
> PILOT PULLED FROM FLIGHT: It's not often an air
> marshal has to protect
> passengers from the crew.  A sky cop reported
> the captain of a
> Continental Airlines flight to the airline last
> week after he had some
> kind of altercation with the pilot.  The pilot,
> who was pulled from the
> flight, tested positive for alcohol.  His first
> officer was sober.  The
> flight crew was getting ready to take a Boeing
> 737-900 and 154
> passengers to Orlando.  The Newark-based
> captain has not been identified
> and is suspended pending a review.
>
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