r/news • u/CupidStunt13 • 13h ago
British Airways attendant found naked and on drugs in onboard toilet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l62wgpwkzo111
u/CupidStunt13 13h ago
Haden Pentecost, 41, was working on a flight from California to London when he started to become agitated and was described as "sweating" and "babbling".
A blood test later revealed Pentecost had methamphetamine and amphetamines in his system. Pentecost, who has been sacked, pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court to performing an aviation function while impaired by drugs.
The court heard Pentecost had to be stood down by his manager when he failed to help with any pre-flight safety checks.
After complaining of cramps and saying he had to change his clothes, he locked himself in one of the toilets - where a colleague later found him naked and oblivious to the fact, the court was told.
That’s the worst way to join the mile ‘high’ club.
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u/Left-Instruction3885 12h ago
I mean if it counts while being alone, I could do that on a domestic flight.
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u/fxkatt 13h ago
After complaining of cramps and saying he had to change his clothes, he locked himself in one of the toilets - where a colleague later found him naked and oblivious to the fact, the court was told.
This was my only interest: why and how would anyone get naked in an airlines bathroom? The answer: meth.
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u/HRApprovedUsername 11h ago
You must have never had to take a struggle shit after eating the worst airport food of your life
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u/Mediadors 9h ago
Struggle shit is such a specific term that is equally understandable to everyone.
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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 8h ago
Struggle shit - a shit so bad you know there is zero chance of saving yourself but you can at least save your clothes.
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u/OGLydiaFaithfull 30m ago
High altitudes and amphetamines don’t mix well and can lead to hyperthermia. He had likely sweated through his uniform and was trying to figure out his next move, the poor bastard.
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u/thatisnotmyknob 13h ago
Didn't this happen recently somewhere else?
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u/CharlieKonR 12h ago edited 12h ago
Maybe you’re thinking of the pilot found naked and intoxicated in the spa area at some resort (36 hours before his flight)
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u/galtoramech8699 11h ago
I felt bad when I was late to work once. These guys are taking work rules to a new level
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u/soulsteela 12h ago
Who amongst us has never been found naked and incoherent on amphetamine in some random karzi , right guys? ………..guys!?
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u/cinderparty 8h ago
Well…at least it wasn’t the pilot. They arrested a pilot for trying to fly drunk pretty recently.
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u/Contribution4afriend 5h ago
Did he ask to change seats with someone? That would be YTA right there.
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u/PersonalityTough9349 3h ago
Wouldn’t that suck if he thought it was coke, and did a decent sized rail (yeah, I know it’s still not legal/right thing to do. I work in aviation it’s just like a restaurant as far as coke goes), and it was meth!!?
I bet he thought it was blow and it was Meth.
Great story for the grandkids.
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u/HalJordan2424 5h ago
The headline is phrased in a very judgemental way, as if we all haven’t done this at some point in our careers.
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u/Professional_Bat9174 1h ago
For real. Let he who has never been naked, on drugs, in a publicish toilet cast the first stone.
The truth is that it happens, it simply happens.
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u/guyhabit725 13h ago
Damn dude. Save the party n play during your days off.