A British Airways pilot was sacked after attempting to fly home after a booze and drug-fuelled bender.
Disgraced pilot Mike Beaton was due to fly back from Johannesburg, South Africa to London, but was stopped after a stewardess expressed concerns about if he was in a good state to fly or not.
Admitting he'd been a 'very naughty boy', Beaton, from Devon, was suspended from flying and was flown home as a passenger the following day.
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Upon his arrival at Heathrow airport, the married BA pilot was made to take a drugs test - which came back positive.
He was then sacked from British Airways as a result.
According to text messages obtained by The Sun, Beaton went on a wild night out in Johannesburg as he had some downtime before his scheduled flight back to the UK.
His night off escalated quickly, however, resulting in pilot going on a bender and snorting cocaine of someone's breasts.
'Very naughty' indeed.
One of the texts Beaton penned to a friend read: "We all walk (stagger) back up to the hotel bar for ‘one last one before bed’.
“Welsh and one of these guys is getting on very well, but she’s told him that I’m her boyfriend. Couple of drinks in the bar, bit of snogging, and then we’re somehow all on our way to this dude’s flat.
"Welsh has decided that I should actually be her boyfriend - Spanish has hooked up with one of the two local lads and is having her t**s sucked on their sofa.”
Some girls were said to be 'dancing topless' on the drink and drug-fuelled night, with Beaton going on to 'snorting coke off a girl's t*ts'.
“Stayed the night with Welsh, shagged her for ages (I guess the coke played a part) and then was so f**ked I couldn’t even lift my head until gone 2," he continued to brag.
As a result of Beaton being unfit to fly, the flight he was supposed to be manning from Johannesburg to London was delayed until British Airways found someone to fill in for him.
In a comment to LADbible, British Airways said: "Safety is always our top priority. The matter was referred to the CAA and this individual no longer works for us."
A UK Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson said: “An airline must immediately inform us if a UK pilot has misused drink or drugs boarding, or being on board, an aircraft. In these cases we would immediately suspend the pilot’s medical which means they cannot fly. In most cases the pilot would have an assessment with an expert medical team and if they wished to return to flying then a comprehensive rehabilitation programme would be put in place. At the end of that process the medical would only be reinstated if we were completely satisfied.”
Niamh Shackleton