Glasgow, Scotland, 19 Jul (ANA)- Two pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport in relation to being allegedly impaired through alcohol. The BBC understands the men were a captain and first officer of the Canadian airline, Air Transat. The Airbus A330 was due to fly from Glasgow to Toronto on Monday afternoon with 345 passengers and nine crew on board. The pilots, aged 39 and 37, were arrested under the Railways and Transport Safety Act. What the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 says The pilots were arrested under section 93 of the Act. It focuses on the limit of any alcohol consumption and says it is an offence to perform or prepare to perform certain aviation-related functions with more than a prescribed level of alcohol in the body. That limit is set at 20 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood for those activities carried out by aircrew and air traffic controllers. In the case of breath, nine microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres are allowed and in urine the limit is 27 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres. The blood limit is a quarter of that allowed by the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992 for drivers and reflects the speed of reaction needed by aircrew and air traffic controllers to respond to potential emergency situations.

Aviation functions can be defined as acting as a pilot during a flight, acting as navigator of an aircraft or as a flight radio-telephony operator during a flight, as well as acting as a member of the cabin crew. Anyone convicted of committing an offence under the act can face up to two years in prison or a fine or both.

They are due to appear at Paisley sheriff court. The flight, which should have departed on Monday at 13:00, was rescheduled to leave Glasgow Airport on Tuesday morning. Some of the passengers checking in at Glasgow Airport said they were angry at the way they had been treated by the airline and by the lack of information from staff. One man told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "There is some compensation, money for flying, but I don't think that will be acceptable for anyone who's been inconvenienced for the whole day." (ANA)

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