Japan Airlines announced on Wednesday (5) that it fired two pilots for showing up to work drunk, just moments before boarding the plane.
In December 2024, two pilots from Japan Airlines showed up for duty intoxicated and were dismissed from the airline. The company released the information on Wednesday (5).
According to Japan Airlines’ regulations, flight crew members, including pilots, are prohibited from consuming any alcohol up to 12 hours before a flight.
The pilots were scheduled for a flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Tokyo, Japan, which was delayed by three hours due to the incident.
Their flying license was suspended for seven months after they were reported to the Japanese Ministry of Labor.
The salaries of two of the airline’s top executives were cut by 30% for “failures in company management.”
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