Married BA pilot’s texts reveal sordid details of drunken night, lewd sex boast & ‘snorting coke off a woman’s t*ts’
A MARRIED British Airways pilot’s text messages reveal sordid details of a drunken night including a lewd sex boast and how he ended up “snorting coke off a woman’s t*ts”.
BA First Pilot Mike Beaton has now been sacked after bragging about his drug– and drink-fuelled orgy to an appalled colleague.
After he spilled the beans to a stewardess pal, she reported him to airline chiefs who scrapped the 12-hour flight he was meant to pilot from Johannesburg in South Africa to London.
The cancellation is thought to have cost BA an estimated £100,000.
Dad-of-one Beaton was suspended and flown home the following day as a passenger before being drug-tested at Heathrow.
After the results came back positive he was fired, The Sun revealed.
A source said the pilot had been “extraordinarily dumb” to reveal the graphic details of his Johannesburg stopover in texts.
He told his colleague, “I’ve been a very naughty boy”, the messages show.
Beaton, from Devon, had some downtime in the South African city before being due to co-pilot a return flight to London.
He described his night of debauchery that followed, telling how he met to local men as well as a female Welsh holidaymaker and a “young Spanish bird” in a nightclub.
He texted: “We all walk (stagger) back up to the hotel bar for ‘one last one before bed’.
“Welsh and one of these guys is getting on very well, but she’s told him that I’m her boyfriend.
“Couple of drinks in the bar, bit of snogging, and then we’re somehow all on our way to this dude’s flat.
“Welsh has decided that I should actually be her boyfriend — Spanish has hooked up with one of the two local lads and is having her t**s sucked on their sofa.”
He told how the “girls are dancing topless” and he decided to strip off as well before some Class A drugs arrived.
Beaton added: “I’ve lost my shirt somewhere and one of the local lads produces a plate with a few lines of coke.
“So then there’s a debate about whose chest is the best to do a bump off.
“That’s the story of how I ended up snorting coke off a girl’s t**s in Joburg.”
He went on to say how he “stayed the night with Welsh, sh** her for ages (I guess the coke played a part) and then was so f** I couldn’t even lift my head until gone 2”.
BRITISH AIRWAYS ‘IN SHOCK’
An airline source told The Sun: “Of all the bad behaviour that goes on downroute between flights, this incident is hard to believe.
“A First Officer is trained rigorously and knows the law inside out. Their remit is protecting the safety of passengers.
“This behaviour was the opposite of what is expected of British Airways pilots.
“The airline is in shock. This pilot has hoisted himself by his own petard.
“The idea of sending details of his drink and drugs session to a stewardess between flights is extraordinarily dumb.
“Furious managers followed protocol and the pilot was drug-tested on his return to the UK.
“The alcohol would no longer have been found in his system, but the Class A drug was. He will never fly again.”
The Sun revealed earlier this month how a BA stewardess was arrested outside a strip club in Miami after knocking back drinks with crew from rivals Virgin Atlantic.
In April we told how a BA pilot was reported to cops in Singapore after allegedly sexually assaulting a stewardess on a boozy night out.
And last March it emerged employees were now banned from all-inclusive deals in the Maldives after a drunken stewardess passed out on a beach.
A BA spokesman said of Beaton’s firing: “Safety is always our top priority.
“The matter was referred to the CAA and this individual no longer works for us.”
The Civil Aviation Authority has withdrawn the ex-pilot’s medical certificate, meaning he is now banned from the flight deck.
A CAA spokesman said: “An airline must immediately inform us if a UK pilot has misused drink or drugs boarding, or being on board, an aircraft.
“In these cases we would immediately suspend the pilot’s medical which means they cannot fly.
“In most cases the pilot would have an assessment with an expert medical team and if they wished to return to flying then a comprehensive rehabilitation programme would be put in place.
“The medical would only be reinstated if we were completely satisfied.”
The Sun approached Beaton for comment.
His wife Jagoda declined to comment at their £750,000 home, saying: “You must speak to my husband about it.”
The couple run Sleepy Owl, a £400-per-night luxury treehouse retreat with a hot tub.
