The two links you posted both refer to the same alcohol use incident in September of 2008 by a Frontier pilot.

(a) Yesterday's incident was not a Frontier pilot but a Chautauqua pilot, an airline contracted to fly a handful of small aircraft which are operated under the Frontier Express banner. Sold as the same brand, but completely different pilots groups.

(b) Currently the same holding company (Republic Holdings) owns both Frontier and Chautauqua, though they are fully separate certificates and workgroups. But back in 2008 when the other incidient took place, there was no relationship or ownership link between Chautauqua and Frontier.

(c) Even if both had been within the same airline and pilot group, an episode in September 2008 and a second episode in February 2012 do not exactly constitue a "habit".


I'm not saying incidents like this are not serious, but it's way out of line to paint this as proof of "something seriously wrong with this airline and their pilots".