An easyJet flight captain has been suspended pending an investigation after claims that he wandered bare round a luxurious resort on the finish of an all-night ingesting session.
The pilot, who has not been named, was seen with none garments within the reception of a five-star resort on the Atlantic resort island of Cape Verde early final Tuesday.
In accordance to the Sun, which first reported the story, the captain had been ingesting on the bar of the Meliá Dunas Seashore Resort and Spa for the reason that earlier night. It quoted witnesses who claimed to have seen the person stumbling in a “paralytic” state.
At 2.30am he reportedly eliminated all his garments and walked into the reception space, earlier than shifting to the fitness center and spa.
The person had been on account of fly passengers to Gatwick from Cape Verde final Wednesday. After the incident within the resort, he was grounded by the airline and a alternative pilot was known as up.
An easyJet supply instructed the Solar: “Anybody who noticed the pilot cavorting bare within the early hours on the day earlier than a flight wouldn’t dream of getting on a aircraft with him on the controls.”
An easyJet spokesperson stated: “As quickly as we had been made conscious, the pilot was instantly stood down from obligation, in step with our procedures, pending an investigation. The protection of our passengers and crew is easyJet’s highest precedence.”
EasyJet’s flights from Gatwick to Cape Verde are its longest from England, at 2,332 nautical miles, with the journey taking about six hours.
