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Pilot Fired for 'Snorting Coke' Before Flight Rehired by Different Airline

British Airways fired a pilot in 2023 after learning he used cocaine before a flight. Now the same pilot has been rehired by another airline. (Credit: Adrian Dennis; Roman Costaseca/Getty Images)

A British pilot who was fired after it was discovered he had snorted cocaine off a woman's breasts before attempting to fly has been rehired by another airline.

Mike Beaton, a former British Airways pilot, was dismissed in 2023 after the airline learned he spent the night before a flight partying in South Africa. British Airways was forced to cancel the flight from Johannesburg to London, reportedly costing the company around £93,000 or close to $121,000.

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