Two flight attendants for Delta Air Lines had been pulled from a global flight after failing a breathalyzer check in Amsterdam on Friday.
Randomly examined by Dutch authorities earlier than a flight to New York’s JFK International Airport, a feminine flight attendant reportedly confirmed a blood alcohol degree seven instances over the authorized restrict for crew members and a male flight attendant failed by 0.02, an official conversant in the scenario confirmed.
The feminine Delta worker was fined 1,900 euros, or about $2,000, and her male colleague was fined €275, or about $290. Another flight attendant from a distinct airline was additionally fined €1,800 (round $1,900) for being 6.5 instances over the restrict with the trio flagged throughout a three-hour interval through which police screened 445 pilots and flight attendants at Schiphol Airport, in accordance to Aviation A2Z.
A spokesperson for the Atlanta-based provider instructed CBS News that the incident didn’t have an effect on the flight.
“Delta’s alcohol coverage is among the many strictest within the business and we now have zero tolerance for violation. The staff had been faraway from their scheduled duties and the flight departed as scheduled,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Dutch police mentioned in a statement {that a} third flight attendant with one other, unspecified international airline additionally examined properly over the authorized restrict for business flight crews on the identical day at Schiphol and was fined about $1,900.
European aviation laws limit alcohol consumption for aircrew, and the Netherlands particularly bans pilots and crew members from ingesting inside 10 hours of a flight. The European Air Safety Agency warns that merely adhering to the “bottle to throttle” time rule doesn’t assure compliance with authorized blood alcohol focus limits.
In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration recommends eight hours between ingesting and flying and that staff be faraway from their duties if their blood alcohol focus registers 0.02 or above on a required check.
