Airline Boss Takes 20% Pay Cut in Penance for Drunk JAL Pilot
- Pilot fired after showing up inebriated for London-Tokyo leg
- Japan Airlines has apologized for the embarrassing incident
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A drunk pilot has just cost the president of Japan Airlines 20 percent of his salary for a few months.
Taking responsibility for the errant cockpit crew member, the top executive at the carrier, Yuji Akasaka, will take home less pay December through February, while Toshinori Shin, a senior managing executive officer, will have his reduced by 10 percent. Both of them had already voluntarily given up a part of their salaries for November.