Wow.. Pilot arrested after Breathalyzer Test!...

[busterbrown]

10 Times the limit..Crazy and frightening!

Back in My younger days..80s I was in a rehab for obvious reasons..(I was just a big partier)
Hospital was In San Diego.. Scipps Hospital.. There was a whole wing dedicated to Airline Pilots..

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/uk/japanese-pilot-heathrow-drunk-scli-intl/index.html

[ProudLib72]

1. 10 times the limit!

Good thing he was sitting down!

[W_HAMILTON]

2. I worked at a hotel that had several airline crews stay with us most every night.

They drink OFTEN.

In fact, going out to the nearby bar was about the only thing they did do in their free time, unless they were one of the crews that got in super late (like midnight or 1am), then they would usually just go to bed.

It was sort of an eye-opening experience given that I guess I had a pretty esteemed view of pilots at the time!

[Liberal In Texas]

3. FAA says no drinking 8 hours before flight.

Many airlines say 12 hours. I would think you could still be pretty hungover if you drank a lot in the hotel bar the night before a morning flight.

I used to know a lot of pilots (and took flying lessons) and yep, they drank.

[Separation]

4. Yep, in the military it was. . .

12 hours, bottle to throttle.

And every aviator knows (or should know) the first thing they do in a mishap is lock up the maintenance records, and draw blood from everyone in the crew, obviously only if a body was ever found.