American Airlines had a drunk first officer call out from a flight to Texas per allegations by multiple passengers.
The passengers state that flight crew on board the New York to Texas flight, number 2813, stated no one could locate the First Officer, but that he had been drinking the night before.
Per Curtis Blessing with American, “We have no reports that intoxication of any team members played a role in this flight being delayed.”
In follow up emails, American Airlines called the situation a routine call out and denied the allegations. They have previously dealt with drunk crew members harshly.
Drunk First Officer One Of Many Problems
This summer has been a hard one for the airlines and American has shared in those problems. Earlier this summer, there was a fist fight between passengers and more recently in October a flight crew member was assaulted by a passenger.
These incidents are on top of ping pong mask mandate standards that are bouncing between the federal government and Texas, where Governor Abbott has opposed mask mandates.