Pilot Cleared of Alcohol Charges
A pilot arrested on suspicion of being over the alcohol limit has been cleared after tests found heavy dieting had caused his breath to smell like drink.
The Virgin Atlantic employee - held at Heathrow on 31 March before a flight to New York - had failed a breathalyser.
I’ve never heard anything about dieting causing your breath to smell like alcohol, but I’m happy that that was apparently the case here and the pilot was not drunk and trying to carry out his duties. I’m always very irritated to hear about that sort of thing.
