Wheels wrote:Can someone who speaks French please translate this article related to the two pilots.
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2016/07/ ... es-proches
"One of the two pilots of Air Transat in Scotland arrested for impaired by alcohol told his wife that his last drinking went up to 12 hours before leaving for the airport .
The joint Jean-François Perreault was finally able to get in touch with him on the latest hours , according to family members . He reportedly said that he had not consumed alcohol 12 hours before getting to the airport.
He also said to his wife that he had been intercepting two hours before taking the controls, which is an important point," said a family member, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Air Transat requires 12 hours of sobriety from its pilots before taking the controls of a machine.
Since Monday, the information published in different media raised the possibility that Jean-François Perreault, aged 39, and Imran Zafar Syed, aged 37, were arrested in a drunken state as they were about to take orders, following a denunciation of their colleagues.
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Relatives of Perreault, a native of Cacouna in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, however, ensure that lawyers and union officials who spoke to the pilot jailed in Scotland all have a different version.
Both drivers have had an argument with the hotel staff where they were staying and this would be one of them who would have contacted the local police. These would then intercepted Perreault and Syed Zafar to customs security barrier. The family also maintains that the alcohol level of the Canadian driver was very low.
"He was intercepted on the complaint and not because he seemed drunk," also said her family, who defend publicly since Wednesday.
Union representatives and lawyers are currently in Scotland to advance the Drivers folder, still in custody."
