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Home » Asia Pacific » South Korea Outlaws Drunk Pilots

South Korea Outlaws Drunk Pilots

June 29, 2011 by Andy T 2 Comments

Drunk pilotsIt appears the old Korean proverb, that a person only reveals their true self when drinking, is the region’s motto for safe air travel.

Perhaps one is able to finely tune their senses in the troposphere when connected with their ‘true self’. Or perhaps Korean pilots are simply partying in the sky.

Statistics seem to point to the latter, as until recently, Korean Airlines had higher crash rates than any other airline on the planet. And since late last year, two pilots have turned up for work in South Korea utterly over juiced.

What’s more, with FUI not classified as a criminal offence in the country, there hasn’t been much incentive to keep the good times on the ground. As the harshest wrap a pilot can receive for alcohol associated aeronautics is a 30-day fly ban.

That was until the Seoul government decided that with the threat of another attack from its northern neighbour imminent, they better start cracking down on the cockpit carousals.

As of next year, FUI will be considered illegal, and any who breach that law will be imprisoned for up to two years. Furthermore, any airlines failing to monitor their pilot’s sobriety levels will face hefty fines.

While the announcement last week by the Seoul Transport Ministry has been greeted with air industry approval, the country’s frequent flyers are more than a little concerned by the delay in proceedings.

Pusan businessman and regular flyer, Kim Katoochi, says with the law not set to take effect until January, pilots will likely take advantage of the delay and bust into numerous high altitude discos of debauchery. He says Korean skies could turn into a circus, be misinterpreted by the north as an attack, and his favourite noodle bar could be decimated by nuclear stupidity.

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Comments

  1. Sidney Risk says

    July 2, 2011 at 17:59

    Good Day Aussie Blog man,
    We Korean pilots have a pretty good record me think. I think we best pilots in world, we fly drunk often and have few disasters (occasionally not getting to toilet in time excluded please). Actually recent crash pilot no drunk, he stressed and no happy and he crash. We have many safety tips and sushi breaks and fly good, landing ok too.
    Cheer big ear,
    Lim Po

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  2. Andy Tope says

    July 11, 2011 at 16:36

    Sidney,

    Thanks for reading.

    I believe you, pity your government doesn’t have the same confidence.

    Yours,

    Reply

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