Married father of one BA pilot bragged to colleagues about snorting cocaine on a topless woman during a booze and drug fueled orgy during a stopover in South Africa, before attempting to fly a full plane to London
- The flight from Johannesburg had to be delayed while a replacement was found
A married British Airways pilot has been fired after bragging to colleagues about snorting cocaine on a topless woman during a drug-fueled orgy before a scheduled flight to Britain.
A shocked colleague raised the alarm for First Officer Mike Beaton hours before he was due to co-pilot a flight from South Africa back to Britain after revealing his night of debauchery.
In texts to a flight attendant, Beaton claimed he was left ‘so f**ked I couldn’t even lift my head’ after his all-night partying with a Welsh woman, a Spanish lady and a number of local men.
The father-of-one’s behavior forced the airline to postpone the flight for 24 hours while efforts were made to find a suitable replacement for him, costing BA an estimated £100,000. Sun reports.
When the Devon native was returned to Britain, he was forced to take a drugs test, which reportedly came back positive. British Airways has insisted there is no risk to passengers and revealed he no longer works for the company.
First Officer Mike Beaton was suspended by British Airways and later fired after a night of debauchery in South Africa
Married father-of-one boasted to colleague that he had a drug-fueled orgy before trying to fly a plane back to Britain
The revelations about the co-pilot’s behavior came from his own hand, after Beaton bragged to a colleague about his exploits in South Africa a month ago.
The first officer had been in the city of Johannesburg for a break before assisting on a flight back to London.
However, he revealed to his colleague that things had gotten out of hand after meeting a group of people at a nightclub in the city.
He said that after he goes back to the hotel for “one last time before bed,” things get raunchy with a “little kissing, and then somehow we’re all on our way to this guy’s apartment.”
He added: ‘Welsh has decided I should actually be her boyfriend – Spanish has hooked up with one of the two local boys and is getting her tits sucked on their sofa.’
The dad then bragged about how the ‘girls dance topless’ and decided to do the same, before one of the local men pulled out some cocaine.
“So then there’s a debate about whose chest is best to knock off,” he boasted.
“That’s the story of how I ended up snorting coke out of a girl’s tits in Joburg.”
However, he claimed the night didn’t end there, adding that he “spent the night with Welsh, shook her for ages (I think the coke played a part) and then was so damned I couldn’t even lift my hand lift. head to disappeared 2.’
Beaton claimed he snorted cocaine from a topless woman during the orgy in text messages to a colleague
British Airways was forced to postpone its flight from South Africa to Britain for 24 hours while it found a replacement for him
A source at the airline told The Sun that managers were “furious” when his behavior was reported to them by his colleagues.
They said the pilot had ‘lifted himself by his own pet’ and that there would have been no alcohol in his system on his return to Britain, adding: ‘He will never fly again.’
A spokesperson for British Airways told MailOnline: ‘Safety is always our top priority. The matter has been referred to the CAA and this person no longer works for us.”
The Civil Aviation Authority told The Sun it has strict procedures in place if pilots abuse drink or drugs.
“An airline must notify us immediately if a British pilot has abused drink or drugs while boarding or being on board an aircraft,” the statement said.
“In these cases, we would immediately suspend the pilot’s medical examination, meaning he cannot fly.
‘In most cases the pilot would receive an assessment from an expert medical team and if he wanted to return to flying, a comprehensive rehabilitation program would be put in place.
‘Medical treatment would not be restarted until we were completely satisfied.’
When Beaton’s wife was confronted by newspaper reporters, she refused to comment, saying, “You need to talk to my husband about it.”