The veteran First Officer had only recently returned to his £100,000-a-year job after punching a steward in the face last summer. In the latest incident he repeatedly downed whiskies at 30,000ft before trying to grope the woman as her husband sat next to her.
Later he tried to get into the cockpit shouting: “I want to rape the flight deck.” Finally he collapsed in front of stunned passengers on the London-to-Japan jet.
The pilot, not part of the crew was travelling to Tokyo to pick up another flight. BA confirmed last night that he had been suspended. Airline insiders said there was “no chance” he would wear a BA uniform again.
