- David Hans Arntson, 60, was charged in January with operating a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Random test showed he flew two flights on June 20, 2014, with blood alcohol levels of 0.134 and 0.142; the legal limit for pilots is 0.04
- Flights were from San Diego to Portland, Oregon, and then Portland to Orange County
- Arnston could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the charges
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Retired-Alaskan-Airlines-pilot-pleads-not-guilty-flying-two-commercial-flights-drunk
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Leonard Nimoy
Alcoholic alien who was my worst enemy - and best friend: Star Trek's William Shatner tells the emotional story of his friendship with co-star Spock
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy became best friends after Star Trek
- They had no idea they were creating two of TV's most iconic characters
- Shatner played constant pranks, and eventually won Nimoy's friendship
- Nimoy was an alcoholic, which he kept secret while filming the TV show
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle
Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle got drunk on flight home from Thailand rehab centre, court hears
The actor who played Lord Grantham's valet Mr Bates in the ITV drama was pulled over by police in his his BMW convertible
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Jimmy Fallon looks serious day after forced to deny he has a drinking problem
Jimmy Fallon looks serious as he steps out in New York one day after NBC boss forced to deny he has a drinking problem
Sunday, January 3, 2016
For Donald Trump, Lessons From a Brother’s Suffering
From The New York Times of January 3, 2016:
... For Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate whose appeal is predicated on an aura of toughness, personal achievement and perpetual success, the story of Freddy, a handsome, gregarious and self-destructive figure who died as an alcoholic in 1981 at the age of 43, is bleak and seldom told.
I found it interesting that Donald Trump's brother had been an alcoholic air line pilot who had eventually stopped flying of his own volition. Having met more than one active alcoholic who was employed as an airline pilot, I believe he was an exception.In a telephone interview last week, Mr. Trump said he had learned by watching his brother how bad choices could drag down even those who seemed destined to rise. Seeing his brother suffering led him to avoid ever trying alcohol or cigarettes, he said.
(For the skeptics: I learned many years ago that there is a sub-group within AA of pilots who were alcoholics in recovery. They call themselves "Birds of a Feather." Moreover, Buzz Aldrin, who was a test pilot before becoming an astronaut and going, literally, to the moon, has disclosed that he was an active alcoholic while performing those challenging jobs.)
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Gore Vidal
The following are excerpted from a review by Charles McGrath of ‘Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,’ by Jay Parini appearing in The New York Times on November 29, 2015.
"We get once again Vidal’s lonely childhood with a monstrous, alcoholic mother ... "
"Readers hoping for more lurid details — Vidal, unable to open a bottle of Scotch, smashing it against a fireplace and guzzling from the broken neck, or lunging so abruptly for a bottle that his suspenders snap and his pants fall down — will have to turn to [another book published earlier this year.]"
"We get once again Vidal’s lonely childhood with a monstrous, alcoholic mother ... "
"Readers hoping for more lurid details — Vidal, unable to open a bottle of Scotch, smashing it against a fireplace and guzzling from the broken neck, or lunging so abruptly for a bottle that his suspenders snap and his pants fall down — will have to turn to [another book published earlier this year.]"
Sunday, November 8, 2015
CC Sabathia bares soul on his 3-year spiral of alcoholism
... This past Oct. 4, after a bender that turned a weekend in Baltimore
into a 48-hour stretch in which the large lefty’s mind went blank,
Sabathia finally understood he was an alcoholic in desperate need of
immediate help.
That was a Sunday, and the Yankees were completing the regular season and preparing to host the Astros at Yankee Stadium two days later in the AL wild-card game.
Sabathia walked into the Camden Yards visiting manager’s office and told Joe Girardi, trainer Steve Donohue, pitching coach Larry Rothschild and director of mental conditioning Chad Bohling he was leaving the team and headed for help at Silver Hill, a Connecticut alcohol rehabilitation center.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/06/cc-sabathia-bares-soul-on-his-3-year-spiral-of-alcoholism/
That was a Sunday, and the Yankees were completing the regular season and preparing to host the Astros at Yankee Stadium two days later in the AL wild-card game.
Sabathia walked into the Camden Yards visiting manager’s office and told Joe Girardi, trainer Steve Donohue, pitching coach Larry Rothschild and director of mental conditioning Chad Bohling he was leaving the team and headed for help at Silver Hill, a Connecticut alcohol rehabilitation center.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/06/cc-sabathia-bares-soul-on-his-3-year-spiral-of-alcoholism/
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