ANA slapped with business improvement order over pilot drinking

The transport ministry on Friday issued a business improvement order to All Nippon Airways Co. after one of its pilots drank alcohol before a flight last November and caused a delay of over 70 minutes.It is the first time ANA has been slapped with such an order over drinking by crew members, an issue that has also affected other domestic airlines. The order is the ministry's third-most serious type of punishment, behind having a business license revoked and a business suspension.While such a punishment is usually given in person, Koichi Wada, director general of the ministry's Civil Aviatio…READ FULL ARTICLE