in article HIiUa.147652$H17.51379@sccrnsc02, Jay Honeck at
wrote on 7/25/03 4:05 PM:

Perhaps I'm overlooking something, but *publicly* providing
intoxicating liquor to pilots en route to KOSH seem less than prudent
to me.

You're kidding, right?

No.

Okay, on what basis are you concerned? If they stop and have a few drinks,
and spend the night, unless they drink till the sun comes up they will
certainly be within the "bottle-to-throttle" rule.

Heeeeyyy, wait a minute. I suppose I could confiscate their plane keys at
the entrance so they can't leave? Then I could offer to be their
"designated flier"??!! What a GREAT idea!

Thanks, Larry, for suggesting yet another way for me to amass hours in other
makes and models...

I'll weigh in on this, maybe because I'm feeling sensitive from a recent
thread in the student newsgroup in which it was asserted that smokers lacked
the requisite judgement to be pilots. Yes, I'm a smoker.

As most adult drinkers know, there is such a thing as moderation and common
sense. As long as I'm in bed by 8 or 9 PM, I'm virtually assured of a
restful night's sleep. If for some reason I feel like caca the next morning,
I can always exercise my adult judgement and choose not to fly.

One thing of which I am certain: determining my ability to fly safely is
absolutely nobody's responsibility but my own.