Drunk British Airways pilot gropes woman

A British Airways pilot has been suspended after molesting a female passenger, The Sun in London reports.

According to the report, the pilot "drunkenly grabbed" the woman then screamed: "I want to **** her."

The experienced First Officer had only recently returned to his $150,000-a-year job after punching a steward in the face last year.

The Sun reports that in the latest incident he drank several glasses of whisky before trying to grope the woman - a first class passenger who was travelling with her husband.

After the assault he tried to return get into the cockpit and shouted: "I want to rape the flight deck."

Finally he collapsed in front of stunned passengers on the Japan-bound plane.

The pilot, who was not part of the crew, was travelling to Tokyo to pick up another BA flight.