JAL
Peeing Pilot’s Flight Canceled
While reading the news on the NHK website I found this hilarious story on JAL. Poor old JAL, they’re like the bigger, older but more hapless brother of ANA who just can’t seem to get it right.
According to this article, a JAL pilot was arrested by police for urinating in public on June 23rd near his hotel in Honolulu. He was kept in custody and as a result, the flight he was supposed to be on was canceled.
According to police, the 53 year old co-pilot was caught urinating in the trees after drinking at his hotel. In violation of state law, he was kept in custody for two days and was given a fine of $25. He was due to co-pilot flight 75 bound for Narita on 25th. However, after failing to turn up to work, the flight had to be canceled affecting 297 passengers.
According to other JAL employees, he had had one small bottle of wine and five small bottles of beer. He went for a walk outside and peed in the bushes as he thought no one would be watching.
JAL issued an apology to the passengers and said they would be looking into how to deal with the co-pilot.
Language note
In the original article, the phrase, 立ち小便 – tachi shonben is used. It literally means peeing while standing and in this case means peeing in public. Some people shorten it to 立小 or tachishon. In Japan tachishon is not as heinous a crime as it would be in other parts of the world
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