Northwest Pilot arrested with cocaine!!!

[beebumble]

YIKES What next????
Dont they do drug screening??? How comforting is that ( Pilot driving the wrong way, 3 times and caught with cocaine.
Makes for my anxiety about flying!!!!!

 

[kkmauch]

OK--I'm not excusing what this guy did at all. BUT, in MN this is getting a lot of press. I'd like to clarify a couple of points: first, he was off duty and not on-the-clock when he was arrested; second, he has been a pilot for over 20 years and has been tested on a very regular basis by NWA; third, he ran a sober house here in the Twin Cities and helped a lot of people overcome their addictions; and finally, he has been sober for a number of years himself and his friends say that they cannot understand how he relapsed so out of the blue.

Like I said, I am not excusing what he did. I just want to be sure that people know the whole story and understand that people flying NWA were not in any danger.

 

[Lewisc]

Are pilots tested for drugs before/after every flight? We don't know if he was under the influenece of drugs while on duty. At this point we don't have the slightest idea of passengers were in danger.

Like I said, I am not excusing what he did. I just want to be sure that people know the whole story and understand that people flying NWA were not in any danger.

 

[kkmauch]

Actually, in an article released here yesterday in the Twin Cities it was reported by NWA that he was in fact NOT under the influence of anything at the time he last flew. They were able to say with certainty that no passengers were in any danger.