The 'night of excesses' that cost a pilot his dismissal after consuming cocaine from a woman's breasts before flying

A pilot has been fired by the airline where he worked after using cocaine before embarking on a flight full of passengers to the United Kingdom.

First officer Mike Beaton, belonging to the British Airways company, was about to make a Johannesburg-London flight, when a stewardess raised the alarm that the aviator had revealed that he had had a 'night of excesses' in which he had consumed alcohol and drugs, in addition to “getting involved with a woman while married”, as reported by The Sun.

Beaton told his crewmate all the details of his night out, about which he himself boasted that he had been “a very naughty boy.”. The pilot met a woman from Wales and a young Spaniard who were on vacation in the South African city, as can be read in the conversation that has been collected by the British media.. After having several alcoholic drinks in a restaurant, the three went with a group of people to an apartment where they were going to “have one last drink” before going to bed.

Once in the room, “the girls started dancing topless,” the pilot told him, who also decided to undress.. “I lost my shirt somewhere and one of the boys took out a plate with cocaine stripes on it,” he detailed in another message.. “That's the story of how I ended up snorting cocaine off a girl's tits in Johannesburg,” he confessed to his partner.

When the flight attendant read what happened, she immediately informed the airline's higher authorities, who canceled the 12-hour flight due to the pilot's illness.. This cancellation caused the airline a loss of 100,000 pounds (about 115.48 euros), The Sun has reported.

Upon his arrival in London the next day – as a passenger – Beaton was subjected to a drug test at Heathrow Airport, where he tested positive for drug use. “Safety is always our top priority. The matter was referred to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and this individual no longer works for us,” an airline spokesperson told the British media, thus confirming that the pilot has been suspended from British Airways.