Airline companies called to meeting on pilot drinking: minister

After a spate of recent alcohol-related scandals involving pilots of Japanese airlines, transport minister Keiichi Ishii said his ministry will hold a meeting of 25 domestic airline companies on Wednesday to thwart similar problems.The meeting aims to share information on preventative measures compiled by a group involving All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. whose pilots were caught drinking heavily, delaying flights in the last two months.A unit of Skymark Airlines Inc., which was rocked by a similar case, was searched Tuesday by officers from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure…READ FULL ARTICLE