ATR72 DELAYED DEP DUE TO 2 FLT ATTENDANTS ILLEGAL FOR FLT DUE TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON A MINIMUM REST CREW LAYOVER.

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WHEN WE GET INTO HOTEL VAN AT XA00; I SMELL ALCOHOL ON SOMEONE'S BREATH. I AM SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF VAN SO I THINK IT IS THE VAN DRIVER BECAUSE I DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING IN THE ELEVATOR WITH FLT ATTENDANT #1. WE GOT TO ARPT AT XA10 FOR XA12 DEP; I GRAB MY FLT KIT AND SUITCASE AND GO TO ACFT TO PREFLT. UPON ENTERING ACFT I USE THE LAVATORY. COMING OUT OF THE LAVATORY I SPEAK TO FLT ATTENDANT #1 AND HER BREATH ALMOST KNOCKS ME DOWN WITH SMELL OF ALCOHOL. WHEN I GET TO COCKPIT I TELL CAPT WE HAVE A BIG PROB. FLT ATTENDANT #1 CAN'T FLY AND MUST CALL IN SICK NOW. BY THE TIME FLT ATTENDANT #1 COMES TO COCKPIT THE ACFT IS BOARDED FULL; 64 PEOPLE. WE CALL DISPATCH ON RADIO TO GET US ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT #1. REPLACEMENT ARRIVES SOME 40 MINS LATER. SOMETIME AROUND XA50 DECISION IS MADE TO DRUG TEST BOTH FLT ATTENDANTS ON OUR FLT. NOW WE NEED 2 FLT ATTENDANTS. ONCE FLT ATTENDANT #2 FINDS HE WILL BE TESTED HE SPILLS HIS GUTS. FLT ATTENDANTS #1 AND #2 WENT OUT TO A DISCO TILL VERY LATE. THEY ALSO WENT OUT WITH A 3RD FLT ATTENDANT FROM OUR COMPANY THAT HAD A LATER FLT THAN OURS. SHE WAS PROBABLY THE ONE THEY WERE CALLING AS OUR 2ND REPLACEMENT AND SHE WOULDN'T ANSWER HER PHONE. WE STOLE THE 2 FLT ATTENDANTS FROM THE FIRST INBOUND FLT AND BLOCKED OUT AT XC23 LCL; 2 HRS 15 MINS LATE. WE HAD 36 PAX GOING DFW TO SJU AND AN ACR HELD A DC10 FOR 1 HR TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT. 2 DAYS LATER; I LEARN THAT BOTH FLT ATTENDANTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED; FAILED FIRST BREATH TEST AND WILL PROBABLY BE FIRED. NO ONE THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT WORKS AT A MAJOR AIRLINE HAS EVER HAD A CREW MEMBER RPT FOR WORK DRUNK. EVER.