'What Would You Do?': Drunken Pilots

May 19, 2010 — -- You're out enjoying a relaxing day at a beautiful beachside bar. You sit down to order a drink and an appetizer and take in the scenery.

Then two airline pilots in uniform walk into the bar and start ordering drinks. Everything seems fine -- maybe they're just unwinding after a long day -- but then you overhear something frightening.

"When do we got to be at work?" asks the first officer. The captain replies that they have more than an hour.

"Well, we got time for another one," the first officer says.

Authorities say that in the last seven years, there have been 33 cases of drunken pilots documented worldwide. Just this past November, a pilot was pulled off a plane and arrested for flying drunk. These incidents put hundreds of people at potential risk.

But when the scenario described above unfolded in a bar on the New Jersey Shore, nobody seemed fazed by the partying pilots.

What the patrons at McLoone's Pier House didn't know was that the pilots were actors working for "What Would You Do?" Their drinks were just water, and hidden cameras were rolling. The pilots even carried fake business cards.

Would anyone try to stop the tipsy pilots from returning to work?

The drinks continued to flow as the captain, slightly slurring his words, talked about his upcoming flight."Smooth sailing, smooth sailing," he said.

The first officer was quick to order up another round.

"Bartender, we only got like another five minutes before we gotta go fly, could we get one more round here? Then we'll close out," he said.

A woman seated next to the pilots seemed to be concerned, but her friend couldn't stop laughing. They told the pilots to be safe, and then they turned to the bartender -- also an actor -- and shared their thoughts.

"They were wasted, and I think they are going to fly a plane right now," the man said.

We decided it was time to introduce ourselves and let them in on our experiment. With loud sighs mixed with laughter, the couple admitted they were relieved and said they weren't sure what to say to the pilots.

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