Drunk pilot sentenced to 8 months in jail in Canada
An airline pilot who was so drunk he appeared to pass out in the cockpit before take-off was sentenced Monday to 8 months in jail in Canada. Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit. The Slovakian pilot was escorted off a Sunwing Airlines plane in Calgary Dec 31 before a flight scheduled to end in Cancun, Mexico. The court heard that when Gronych got on the plane, he struggled to hang up his coat, was slurring his words and was staggering. The court was also told the co-pilot suggested Gronych should leave the plane, but he eventually returned to the cockpit, sat down and appeared to pass out with his face resting on the window. Judge Anne Brown also banned Gronych from flying for 1 year after his release. <br/>
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Drunk pilot sentenced to 8 months in jail in Canada
An airline pilot who was so drunk he appeared to pass out in the cockpit before take-off was sentenced Monday to 8 months in jail in Canada. Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit. The Slovakian pilot was escorted off a Sunwing Airlines plane in Calgary Dec 31 before a flight scheduled to end in Cancun, Mexico. The court heard that when Gronych got on the plane, he struggled to hang up his coat, was slurring his words and was staggering. The court was also told the co-pilot suggested Gronych should leave the plane, but he eventually returned to the cockpit, sat down and appeared to pass out with his face resting on the window. Judge Anne Brown also banned Gronych from flying for 1 year after his release. <br/>
