More pilots in Asia are showing up sloshed to work.
Singapore Airlines Ltd. became the latest carrier to report dealing with inebriated staff, firing a pilot for failing an alcohol test in September before a flight from Melbourne. The employment of the pilot, who wasn’t identified, was terminated after a random check by Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority found “higher than suitable blood alcohol limit,” Singapore Air said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg News Friday.
In December, South Korea’s transport ministry suspended the license of a pilot of budget carrier Jin Air Co. for 90 days for failing an alcohol test before a flight and imposed a 210-million-won ($188,000) penalty on the carrier. In December, a Japan Air cabin attendant was found drunk while on flight and earlier this month an ANA pilot gave wrong information about liquor consumption, the companies said.