04/09/2012
Stewardess Was Eight Times Over Alcohol Limit
An air stewardess from Liverpool was arrested on a flight from Dubai for being eight times over the drink-fly limit.
Stephanie Partington, 24, was arrested at Birmingham on April 23 after her colleagues raised the alarm over her behaviour, and she has since been sacked by Emirates.
She failed a breath test at the airport but told officers she had not had a drink for eight hours.
A test returned a reading of 164mgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
That is twice the legal drink-drive limit and eight times the legal limit for flight attendants.
Partington was charged under the Civil Aviation Act and appeared before Solihull magistrates yesterday.
Fiona Davis, prosecuting, said: "She was working at the back of the plane and during the flight the purser became aware she was very loud and had to ask her to quieten down. At the end of the flight she was required to fill in paperwork and the purser noticed her handwriting was very bad and what she wrote was illegible. The purser was concerned about her behaviour."
Partington, of Selside Lawan, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a charge of being under the influence of drink to such an extent as her capacity to act as a member of cabin crew was impaired.
She said she had been out the night before the flight, which she agreed to work at short notice.
She was called at noon and asking would she staff the flight at 3pm.
Magistrates fined Partington £110 with £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
(NE)
Stephanie Partington, 24, was arrested at Birmingham on April 23 after her colleagues raised the alarm over her behaviour, and she has since been sacked by Emirates.
She failed a breath test at the airport but told officers she had not had a drink for eight hours.
A test returned a reading of 164mgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
That is twice the legal drink-drive limit and eight times the legal limit for flight attendants.
Partington was charged under the Civil Aviation Act and appeared before Solihull magistrates yesterday.
Fiona Davis, prosecuting, said: "She was working at the back of the plane and during the flight the purser became aware she was very loud and had to ask her to quieten down. At the end of the flight she was required to fill in paperwork and the purser noticed her handwriting was very bad and what she wrote was illegible. The purser was concerned about her behaviour."
Partington, of Selside Lawan, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a charge of being under the influence of drink to such an extent as her capacity to act as a member of cabin crew was impaired.
She said she had been out the night before the flight, which she agreed to work at short notice.
She was called at noon and asking would she staff the flight at 3pm.
Magistrates fined Partington £110 with £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
(NE)
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