British Airways pilot grounded after 'covering up anger issues'

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It follows after another pilot with the airline was fired in September for snorting cocaine off of a topless woman just hours before he was due to fly back to the UK.

The pilot is understood to have a history of lashing out in sudden bouts of rage British Airways have banned one of their captains from flying planes after it was alleged he had covered up his history of anger management issues. A whistleblower complaint is understood to have been filed with the Civil Aviation Authority earlier in January, claiming that a medical history of lashing out without warning had been scrubbed from the pilot’s record.

It follows after another pilot with the airline was fired in September for snorting cocaine off of a topless woman just hours before he was due to fly back to the UK ‘Bosses had no choice but to ground the pilot while a probe was ongoing.’ CAA declined to provide a comment for this story. It’s not the first time British Airways has found itself in the hot seat for the behaviour of its staff.

 

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