RAF Pilots beered up ?

[Dedworth]

Two RAF Typhoon pilots due to fly missions over Libya were sent back to the UK for "inappropriate behaviour", it has emerged.

The men, based at Gioia del Colle in Italy, returned to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire at the end of March.

The disciplinary action followed a night's drinking, but the MoD was unable to confirm whether the pilots were declared unfit to fly.

A spokesperson said two personnel had been "returned from detachment".

The incident at the Gioia del Colle base, where the RAF's Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets are based, is understood to have led to a temporary alcohol ban for other RAF personnel serving in the Mediterranean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-13538708

[KeithD]

This happens on quite a regular basis for all forces and airlines around the world, it's not really news. Happens with jockeys as well.

[Dedworth]

This happens on quite a regular basis for all forces and airlines around the world, it's not really news. Happens with jockeys as well.

Jet jockeys ?

Shouldn't be on the pop if they're piloting a £70 million aircraft the next day

[KeithD]

When I was in the RAF it was usually normal for the pilots to get a few beers down them before a mission, just these days they do a test witch catches the odd few out. It does not mean they are drunk, just that the alcohol from the previous night is still showing in the body.