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Usa: drunk pilots will not prosecuted
Washington, Usa - Blood-alcohol results were below the federal criminal standard of 0.10 percent
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The Florida state cannot prosecute two America West pilots who were fired for taking the controls of their jetliner after a night of heavy drinking. Judge Patricia Seitz, a federal Judge, said not only must the state drop charges of drunken operation of a jet against pilot Thomas Cloyd, 45, and co-pilot Christopher Hughes, 42, but the state cannot take any other action based on their arrests in July...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency