14 pilots, 31 cabin crew failed alcohol test this year

Fourteen pilots and 31 cabin crew members have been found reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol till March this year, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said today. 

Of the total 14 pilots and 31 cabin crew who failed the pre-flight breath analyser test, a large number of pilots and cabin crew were of Jet Airways, he said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
This year between January and March, four pilots and 10 cabin crew of Jet Airways reported for duty under the influence of alcohol.

Two pilots and nine cabin crew of IndiGo airlines, three each pilots and cabin crew of Air India, two pilots and three cabin crew of SpiceJet, one pilot and three cabin crew of JetLite and two pilots and a cabin crew of Kingfisher Airlines failed the pre-flight breath analyser test.