I'm an alcoholic. I've always worked and always provided for my family and never been in trouble with the law but I know I can never drink again. It takes courage to admit that.
when I grew up, everyone told me that alcohol is NOT a drug, however pot is and pot was bad. it was common excepted knowledge by 95% of the population. Cigs weren’t drugs either! 😂
@@spaghetti9845 false. Wanting to quit isn’t enough. You need to find a program that works. AA is proven to work. There’s also SMART recovery... you find what works. Addiction causes physiological changes to the brain that willpower is meaningless when taken into consideration.
@@spaghetti9845 Right, that's why AA has been in existence for 90 years, and millions of people and their families have lived as responsible, contributing, and compassionate human beings. Is that a problem for you?
I’m all for second chances. But I honestly wouldn’t ever want to be a passenger on a flight that he’s the pilot of. It’s not personal against this one pilot. I wouldn’t want any alcoholic - even a recovering alcoholic - to be my pilot. Only because I watched my mom be sober for 17 years, but not 18 years. Then later in my life, my (ex) husband be sober for 9 years, but not since then (2002). I wouldn’t have the courage to take the chance that my pilot is an alcoholic, recovering included. I’m so happy that he stayed sober throughout the rest of his career. It could have been very different. God bless him.
You'd better stop flying then, because a fair number of recovering alcoholics ARE pilots and have been reinstated to flying duties. It's a rigorous process, and rightly so, but I would have absolutely no problem at all flying with someone in recovery!
I hate to say it, but I have flown with a cockpit crew whom I know on a layover had been drinking heavily. Now IDK if they were still drunk or hung over from the night before, but unfortunately these things do happen.
This guy got a raw deal...they were looking to make an example out of someone in order to further their own agenda...he didn't deserve what happened to him... But he has amazing and fantastic resolve to have weathered the storm... It's just more evidence that people in this world suck...
The judge said you have to be willing to take some kinds of risks. Really? Why? When you put hundreds of other people's lives at risk? Just swish, swish, and it never happened. Pardoned and reinstated. Zero consequences. I'm glad this guy stayed sober but he should never have been allowed back in the cockpit, ever! There are plenty of other kinds of jobs where you are not making life and death decisions at 30,000 feet in the air.
I tend to agree, considering the fact that there many others who haven't done anything like that and just as capable but being passed over for the job. Give the job to somebody more deserving.
He spent 16 months in prison and proved his sobriety in a 4 year intensive FAA substance abuse program aka HIMS. BTW there are 6000 pilots who are actively flying that completed the HIMS program, so if you've flown commercial a moderate amount of times chances are your pilot at some point was a HIMS exemption pilot.
Flying after smoking a joint would be just as bad. Sorry but this concept that driving high is fine is wrong. Nobody should operate a vehicle of any kind while under the Influence of ANYTHING
He wasn't "pardoned". Quite the opposite. He was stripped of all his licences, started over from square one, and has done the footwork to rebuild his life, trust, integrity, and professionalism to earn his place in life.
I know that pilots of passenger jets should not drink alcohol before flights. But, has any major airline accidents occured due to a drunk pilot? Serious question.
As a recovering alcoholic , my heart goes out to this man! "LIVE AND LET LIVE" comes to mind.
I'm an alcoholic. I've always worked and always provided for my family and never been in trouble with the law but I know I can never drink again. It takes courage to admit that.
No it doesn’t. It takes courage to actually quit. That’s just peanuts.
Here's the best part, he was arrested AFTER he safely took a 727 from A to B.
when I grew up, everyone told me that alcohol is NOT a drug, however pot is and pot was bad. it was common excepted knowledge by 95% of the population. Cigs weren’t drugs either! 😂
this guys story is in the 4th edition of the AA big book. His recovery is a testament to how AA works if you want it enough.
A.A. doesn't work for everyone. Must find what works.
AA doesn't work... all that bullshit they force about coming to god and such... people have to want to quit. That's all there is to it.
@@spaghetti9845 false. Wanting to quit isn’t enough. You need to find a program that works. AA is proven to work. There’s also SMART recovery... you find what works. Addiction causes physiological changes to the brain that willpower is meaningless when taken into consideration.
@@spaghetti9845 Right, that's why AA has been in existence for 90 years, and millions of people and their families have lived as responsible, contributing, and compassionate human beings. Is that a problem for you?
@@Mark-pp7jy yes.. i have to come to god to stop
Flight attendant " Sir would you care for a drink? "
Passenger " I believe I would. I ll have whatever the pilots are drinking. "
His pony tail is impressive.
Being an Addict isn't a Choice.. Dealing with it is..Glad to hear he was given a Second Chance though !!! 👌✈️💯👍
I’m all for second chances. But I honestly wouldn’t ever want to be a passenger on a flight that he’s the pilot of. It’s not personal against this one pilot. I wouldn’t want any alcoholic - even a recovering alcoholic - to be my pilot. Only because I watched my mom be sober for 17 years, but not 18 years. Then later in my life, my (ex) husband be sober for 9 years, but not since then (2002). I wouldn’t have the courage to take the chance that my pilot is an alcoholic, recovering included.
I’m so happy that he stayed sober throughout the rest of his career. It could have been very different. God bless him.
You'd better stop flying then, because a fair number of recovering alcoholics ARE pilots and have been reinstated to flying duties. It's a rigorous process, and rightly so, but I would have absolutely no problem at all flying with someone in recovery!
I hate to say it, but I have flown with a cockpit crew whom I know on a layover had been drinking heavily. Now IDK if they were still drunk or hung over from the night before, but unfortunately these things do happen.
This guy got a raw deal...they were looking to make an example out of someone in order to further their own agenda...he didn't deserve what happened to him... But he has amazing and fantastic resolve to have weathered the storm... It's just more evidence that people in this world suck...
Yeah. The sheer numbers of drunk, high, or sleepless land drivers alone is scary enough.
The judge said you have to be willing to take some kinds of risks. Really? Why? When you put hundreds of other people's lives at risk? Just swish, swish, and it never happened. Pardoned and reinstated. Zero consequences. I'm glad this guy stayed sober but he should never have been allowed back in the cockpit, ever! There are plenty of other kinds of jobs where you are not making life and death decisions at 30,000 feet in the air.
Your "zero consequences" comment suggests that you know almost nothing about this story. Congratulations!
FYI, Captain Prouse retired as a 747 instructor pilot. Ruminate on that for a while!
I tend to agree, considering the fact that there many others who haven't done anything like that and just as capable but being passed over for the job. Give the job to somebody more deserving.
He paid for his crime and improved himself. He doesn't deserve to be penalized for the rest of his life.
He spent 16 months in prison and proved his sobriety in a 4 year intensive FAA substance abuse program aka HIMS. BTW there are 6000 pilots who are actively flying that completed the HIMS program, so if you've flown commercial a moderate amount of times chances are your pilot at some point was a HIMS exemption pilot.
Alcohol ruins so many lives and yet.. is legal, but better not get caught with a joint.. no sir.
Joints are legal for most Americans.
Flying after smoking a joint would be just as bad. Sorry but this concept that driving high is fine is wrong. Nobody should operate a vehicle of any kind while under the
Influence of ANYTHING
Where's that happening
If he crashed the plane he would have ruined many more lives.
No way this man should've been pardoned and allow to fly again. I don't think anyone else can drive an Uber with a DUI. Bullshit!
He wasn't "pardoned". Quite the opposite. He was stripped of all his licences, started over from square one, and has done the footwork to rebuild his life, trust, integrity, and professionalism to earn his place in life.
@@Mark-pp7jy Shouldn't have been allowed to do that either. Not as a pilot.
@@a-totally-random-person You clearly have no willingness to learn about the power of recovery. Not everything in the world is black and white.
@Mark Been in recovery for decades.
@@a-totally-random-person Sometimes the years mean something, sometimes they don't!
I know that pilots of passenger jets should not drink alcohol before flights. But, has any major airline accidents occured due to a drunk pilot? Serious question.
Yes
Yes… hundreds of people have been killed by drunk pilots
• Which one(s), please?
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He should never ever be allowed to fly again. I don’t give a crap that he I quit drinking. He should never be allowed back in the cockpit.