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Wednesday 14 august 2019
United tells pilots no alcohol for 12 hours before flights

United States and individual of no drinking within eight
states where United oper- hours of duty. They said
ates around the world," the their airlines are not consid-
bulletin said. It warned that ering any changes. Alaska
meeting the 12-hour ban Airlines said it has a 10-hour
doesn't guarantee that no-alcohol rule for pilots.
pilots will be in the clear United's new policy was first
— some countries have a reported by Skift, a travel
zero-tolerance policy on industry media company.
blood-alcohol content. The arrests of the United pi-
In a statement, the Air Line lots followed other recent
Pilots Association, which incidents. In May, an Ameri-
represents United pilots, can Airlines pilot received a
said "Inappropriate alco- suspended six-month sen-
hol use by airline pilots is tence after pleading guilty
exceedingly rare," and the in a U.K. court to drinking
professionalism of pilots has before a Manchester to
In this June 26, 2019, file photo United Airlines jetliners pass each other at Denver International
Airport in Denver. contributed to making air Philadelphia flight. In July,
Associated Press travel safe. a Delta pilot was arrested
A United spokesman de- before a flight in Minneap-
By DAVID KOENIG arrested in Scotland and en person. Some research- clined to say whether the olis — airport police said he
AP Airlines Writer charged with suspicion of ers calculate that once change was due to the had an alcoholic container
DALLAS (AP) — United Air- being under the influence someone puts down the arrests of two United pi- in his possession.
lines is setting an earlier before a flight to the U.S. bottle, their blood-alcohol lots on Aug. 3 in Glasgow, Incidents involving alcohol
cutoff time for when pilots The old eight-hour limit level drops 0.015% each Scotland, before they were and on-duty airline employ-
must stop drinking alcohol complied with Federal Avi- hour. At that rate, a drinker scheduled to operate a ees aren't limited to pilots.
before flights. ation Administration rules, could go from 0.12% to zero flight to Newark, New Jer- On Aug. 2, a flight atten-
The airline is telling pilots which also prohibit pilots in eight hours, or from 0.18% sey. The flight was can- dant was arrested after a
they must abstain from al- from flying with a blood-al- to zero in 12 hours. celed. United Express flight landed
cohol for 12 hours before cohol content at or above United sent a bulletin de- Representatives for Ameri- in Indiana. Passengers said
flights, up from the previous 0.04%. Almost all states scribing the new policy to can Airlines, Delta Air Lines she slurred her words during
eight hours. make it a crime to drive a pilots a week ago, and it and Southwest Airlines the pre-flight safety dem-
The change in the rule — car at or above 0.08%. took effect last Saturday. said their policies follow onstration, then passed out
it's called "bottle-to-throt- An extra four hours will help "This policy is being the FAA's current standard in her jump seat.q
tle" in the airline business social drinkers sober up, al- changed to help assure
— comes several days af- though it might not be long pilot compliance with stan-
ter two United pilots were enough for a heavily drunk- dards established by the Fortnite world

champ 'swatted' at

Pennsylvania home

POTTSGROVE, Pa. (AP) — "he was Kyle and said he
The Pennsylvania teen had shot his father multiple
who won $3 million as the times." Police called the
first Fortnite World Cup solo home before entering and
champion had armed po- the teen's father said ev-
lice show up at his house. erything was fine.
Kyle Giersdorf was Werner says the call came
livestreaming on Saturday from outside the country.
when he was "swatted," a The 16-year-old Giersdorf
prank that aims to prompt told his fellow gamers it was
police and SWAT teams to scary.
respond to fake emergen- A phony 911 call led to the
cies. death of a Kansas man two
Upper Pottsgrove Police years ago. The caller was
Cpl. Albert Werner told USA sentenced to 20 years in
Today a caller told police prison.q
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