'Stressed’ BA Flight Attendant From Basingstoke Sacked for Being Drunk on Flight
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British Airways hostess sacked 'after downing wine before flight due to stress'
A British Airways cabin crew member has been ordered to pay £768 after breath tests revealed she was nearly eight times over the permitted alcohol threshold for aviation staff.Deborah Merritt, aged 59 and from Basingstoke in Hampshire, appeared before Uxbridge magistrates following an incident on a three-hour service from Malaga to Heathrow last month.The 59-year-old, who is married to a pilot, recorded 70 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitr…
The alcohol at work catches up with a British Airways air hostess. Controlled at 0.70 mg/L, eight times the authorized limit, she was arrested and then dismissed. A severe reminder of strict personnel rules...
A British court has closed one of the most striking cases of recent civil aviation with a conviction that has left a veteran stewardess without a job or professional future in the sector. Everything started in Heathrow, where Deborah Merritt, 59, joined a flight to Malaga having consumed several bottles of wine.
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