Pilot
November 2011 | Our Personal Stories

Back on Course

Booze takes a Native American pilot's wings away, but AA gives him back the sky

I was the first commercial airline pilot ever to be arrested and sent to prison for having flown drunk. As such, I received media coverage that shook the entire United States, Asia, and Europe. I found myself stripped of my career and my FAA credentials. I went broke within 30 days and was in the Atlanta Federal prison within nine months of the arrest.

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