Overview

• The Aug. 28 preflight alcohol screening in Honolulu sidelined a pilot and delayed three Japan Airlines flights, including one by up to 18 hours.
• JAL President Mitsuko Tottori issued a public apology and said the pilot involved will be dismissed.
• Japan’s transport ministry summoned Chief Safety Officer Yukio Nakagawa and delivered a fresh written warning.
• JAL said it will tighten alcohol checks and expand health-based monitoring to determine pilot fitness to fly.
• The action marks the second reprimand in under a year, following a December warning after a Melbourne case, with past issues including a 2018 arrest in Britain.