During the night of August 4 to 5, 2025, a driver from the Easyjet company was suspended in a five-star hotel in Cap-Vert. The man had spent the evening lifting his elbow at the bar, around 2:30 am, according to witnesses, before sulling his clothes, going to the hall of the establishment and staggering to the hotel spa gym.
According to the tabloid The Sunthe on -board captain was supposed to take over an airplane to Gatwick London airport on August 6. Some customers would have recognized the pilot who had taken them to the island the day before.
The airline has announced its immediate reaction: “As soon as we have been informed, the pilot was immediately removed from office, in accordance with our procedures, pending a survey. The security of our passengers and our crews is the absolute priority of Easyjet,” said Easyjet. “With regard to schedules, the situation occurred in the evening of August 4 to 5. It therefore took place more than 36 hours before the flight that the pilot had to make In the afternoon of August 6, not the day before the flight, “added the company.