Air India pilot avstängd efter misslyckat test för alkohol innan flight

[Homer]

A senior Air India pilot was grounded after he failed breathalyser tests shortly before a flight from New Delhi to London on Sunday.
Arvind Kathpalia, who is responsible for safety at the airline as operations director, denied drinking on the job and said he would contest the results of the alcohol checks.

Air India director loses licence for 3 years after failing booze test - Times of India

London-bound flight grounded after pilot in charge of airline safety fails breathalyser test | The Independent

 

[jsn]

Tydligen återfallsförbrytare, han blev avstängd tre månader förra året för att även då ha misslyckats med ett utandningstest.

 

[Homer]

Captain Kathpalia's failed alcohol test was not the only controversy to hit Air India on Sunday. Another Boeing Dreamliner - AI-332 - took off for Bangkok from New Delhi only to be called back after it was found that the co-pilot missed his mandatory pre-flight breathalyzer test. According to airline sources, the pilot has been grounded for three months, during which he will undergo a "refresher counselling session".
The flight took off again at 8:40 pm, after a delay of seven hours.

 

[JohnR]

... only to be called back after it was found that the co-pilot missed his mandatory pre-flight breathalyzer test.

Positivt överraskad att detta finns i Indien, men inte i EU/Usa.

 

[igelkotten]

"responsible for safety at the airline as operations director" ironi

 

[cbroxe]

Lite OT, och man skall inte skämta om sådana saker, men jag bara måste säga: Älskar titeln på denna tråd!!

 

[Dr. Miles]

Svar till ett inlägg i en annan tråd.

Så låt oss hoppas på nyktra piloter hos alla flygbolag.

Det är kanske en bra idé att flyga med ett flygbolag från ett hardcore muslimiskt land?
(Jag vet att det kan finnas en hel del människor även i muslimiska länder som drycker alkohol)

 

[Dr. Miles]

Så är det säkert. Nyligen var det en Air India kapten i hög position hos flygbolaget det gällde - vilket jag tycker är extra allvarligt.

Jag är inte så beymmrad av onyktra piloter på Air India, men mer om deras säkerhetstänk.

 

[Homer]

en s.k. ful fisk


This was strike two for the senior pilot, whose licence was earlier revoked for three months last February on charges of circumventing the mandatory pre-flight breathalyser test and manipulating medical records.

However, there is more to the story than what meets the eye. NDTV has found that soon after Captain Kathpalia was handed out his three-month suspension last year, he was promoted from his position as an Executive Director to the Director of Flight Operations at Air India for a five-year period. The rationale behind promoting a pilot accused of forging an alcohol test and flying a plane after skipping the mandatory medical screening eluded many at the time.

there have also been allegations of sexual harassment against Captain Kathpalia that sources say were covered up by the pilot and his friends at Air India.

Other charges against Captain Kathpalia pertain to faking his date of birth in an attempt to delay his retirement and colluding with administration staffers to the extent that fellow pilots he got drunk with were caught in breathalyzer tests while he was given a clean chit.

How Air India "Rewarded" Senior Pilot Arvind Kathpalia After He Failed Alcohol Test Last Year

 

[Delayed]

Det är kanske en bra idé att flyga med ett flygbolag från ett hardcore muslimiskt land?

Fast det är väl ingen garanti för att piloterna är hardcore muslimer.