Jet Airways and Air India Pilots Found Drunk On Arrival

The pilots were tested upon arrival of their flights from abroad.

• Two pilots of Air India and Jet Airways have been suspended for four years by DGCA after they were found drunk on arrival of their overseas flights in India.
  
  
• A cabin crew member of Air India has also been slapped with one-year suspension after post flight checks found traces of alcohol in his system.
  
  
• On 10 August, the pilot of Air India’s Sharjah-Calicut flight tested positive for alcohol , while the pilot of Jet Airways’ Abu Dhabi-Chennai flight was found drunk on 3 August.
  
  
• Sources said both the pilots had earlier also tested positive for alcohol, but that was during pre-flight examination.