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New government air safety regulations are to be introduced
early next year which could mean that pilots in the
UK could be breathalysed by police. The new rules will
cover all UK airports and pilots of any nationality
flying in and out of the country.
Currently pilots face a £5,000 fine or up to
five years in prison for being drunk on duty, if their
employer can prove it. Under the proposed changes, police
officers will have the power to breathalyse pilots if
there is the slightest suspicion they have been drinking.
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