“You can’t just depart without the appropriate number of crew – there were three flight deck crew rostered for a reason. If it had come to the captain’s attention, he should have said “Look bud, you’ve got a problem. You need to take yourself off of the flight and tell the company you have a problem”. That way its likely to be solved through therapy/rehab program. If the guy refuses to do anything, that’s when the captain has to tell the company.”
I presumed that would be the case – the suggestion I quoted was from another earlier post. Seems a very casual way of dealing with a senior officer unfit to perform his duties, and a potential hazard to his crew and his passengers. Maybe that’s how it works in the airline business – I’m glad I rarely fly these days!
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