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Coke-fueled, drunken Denzel in “Flight” causes turbulence at ALPA
The new Denzel Washington film, "Flight" landed on Friday and did brisk business over the weekend.
Critics have been hailing the film and its star-turn performance by Washington as Oscar-worthy. Washington plays a coke-sniffing, drunken pilot who does a Sully-type landing during a crash and is first lauded as a hero till the alcohol level of his blood during the flight is tested.
ALPA—the Air Line Pilot’s Association—representing over 51,000 pilots at 35 airlines in the US and Canada is not amused. Their statement on the film:
"Hollywood dramas can make riveting entertainment and a compelling character study may sell tickets, but fiction on a movie screen doesn’t represent a profession in the real world.
"The more than fifty thousand ALPA pilots in the United States and Canada embody the highest possible standards of training and professionalism.
"These standards are borne out every day, as we safely transport hundreds of thousands of passengers and tens of thousands of tons of cargo across the country and around the world.
"We all enjoy being entertained, but a thrilling tale should not be mistaken for the true story of extraordinary safety and professionalism among airline pilots."
Gretchen Kelly
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