EasyJet pilot booted after marathon drinking binge at resort, ‘cavorting naked’ before flight
By Ben Cost
He was “taking off” in a different way.
An EasyJet pilot has been suspended after he embarked on a drinking marathon that ended with him wandering around a hotel naked.
“This was breathtakingly unprofessional behavior from the pilot,” an anonymous source told the Sun while recounting the booze cruiser’s drunken rampage. “It was the height of stupidity. His career with EasyJet is doomed.”
The incident occurred August 9 after veteran flyboy had reportedly just gotten done ferrying vacationers from the UK to Cape Verde, an idyllic island nation in West Africa.
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“He was so drunk that you wouldn’t have put him in charge of a toy airplane, never mind the real thing with hundreds of passengers,” said one incredulous source.
He reportedly checked in at the five-star Melia Dunas Beach Resort and Spa, whereupon he proceeded to embark on a post-flight booze binge.
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His bender eventually spiraled out of control.
At around 2:30am August 5, appalled guests reportedly witnessed the plastered pilot undress and wander into the reception area, before continuing on to the gym and spa in his birthday suit. He was reportedly in a “paralytic” state, sources said.
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The scenic coastline of Santa Maria, Cape Verde.
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“The pilot did not have a stitch on and reeked of alcohol,” another anonymous airline insider told the outlet.
To make matters worse, the flyboy was slated to make the 2,332-nautical-mile trip back to Gatwick in London on the afternoon of August 6, the BBC reported.
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Melia Dunas Beach Resort and Spa in Cape Verde, where the pilot embarked on a drunken rampage.
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However, onlookers identified the boozy bozo and alerted the EasyJet brass, who took him off the plane and found a replacement.
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“As soon as we were made aware, the pilot was immediately stood down from duty, in line with our procedures,” an airline rep declared. “The safety of our passengers and crew is EasyJet’s highest priority.”
They have since launched a probe into the flyboy’s naked antics.
The aforementioned source agreed with the decision on the grounds that “anyone who saw the pilot cavorting naked in the early hours on the day before a flight would not dream of getting on a plane with him at the controls.”
“He was so drunk that you wouldn’t have put him in charge of a toy airplane, never mind the real thing with hundreds of passengers,” they said. “We all make mistakes but the level of stupidity on display here by a veteran captain beggars belief.”
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first sky captain to get busted for hitting the sauce before a flight.
Earlier this year, a Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested shortly before takeoff on Wednesday in Georgia after he allegedly showed up to work intoxicated, police say.
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