Pilot Confronted Over Alcohol Smell

I know this happens. I've seen people out drinking out night when they're flying the next morning. I don't mean flying a 172 around the patch either.

Bad idea. Not worth it. Stupid.

Pilot Confronted Over Alcohol Smell - Two passengers noticed last week at a security checkpoint at Port Columbus that an airline pilot they passed nearby smelled strongly of alcohol, so they told a TSA agent ... but they didn't stop there. As the men proceeded beyond the checkpoint, they noticed that the pilot was heading toward their own departure gate and so with further inspired mortal vigor took matters into their own hands. They approached the pilot and frankly told him he stank of alcohol, adding that if he had a drinking problem, he shouldn't be flying an airplane. At that point, the man identified only as a Chicago-based Southwest Airlines captain turned red, turned around and ran away. Airport police were dispatched and later found the captain in a restroom, where he'd apparently removed his uniform jacket and replaced it with a normal business jacket. The police may have just missed the phone call the captain had just made to his employer, but what they did hear may have been interesting enough. [AVWeb News]