Just Push The Button That Says New York

[TKennedy]

And be careful not to trip over something.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/4448262/Aeroflot-says-drunk-pilot-no-big-deal.html

[RobinL]

Cut out the middle man. Who needs suicide bombers, when you've got paralytic pilots?

[billhammond]

www.metacafe.com/watch/115499/drunk_airline_pilots/

[TKennedy]

;D ;D ;D ;D

This may have been the inspiration-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8L-ZZSc8JU

[knobtwister]

They demanded that the flight crew of a New York-bound Boeing 767 be replaced after the pilot had appeared on the aircraft's tannoy apparently slurring and stumbling over his words.

Totally unrelated; I'm surprised that Tannoy Speakers are so ubiquitous as to be generic for any sound/PA system.

BTW; more on topic I ran into a USAIR pilot friend of mine that told me that at first the FAA was going to bust Sully and the co-pilot for violating the 'sterile cockpit rule', which means no small talk below 10,000 feet. It seems they both made comments about how nice and clear it was. I assume it was right before they said "OH shit". Any way the flight crew were immediately proclaimed heros so the FAA backed off. He also said they were real lucky that the usual morning fog over the river wasn't present.

Don