Yeah, the monthly aviation legal columns in AOPA Pilot covered this a few
months back. The pilot had been out to dinner with friends, decided to
RON instead of going home that night. Had some drinks, but wanted to go
back out to the airport and move the plane to a different spot. Went off
the taxi way and got stuck. Didn't even qualify as an accident. Somebody
caught the alcohol on him and wrote him up. The FAA pulled his ticket and
the NTSB upheld it.

Dave Reinhart


Big John wrote:

Pilots did NOT fly.

Can they be hung for intent? If so, I know a bunch of Democrats that
would be in jail for their thoughts on GW.

I'll bet a good lawyer can get them off. If they had let then take off
then they would have been flying under the influence but 'push
back'????

Even if they taxied the plane, is there any rule that says they have
to be sober to do so???

Looks like a good pro bono case for some lawyer to make his bones.

Big John

Would you pour me one for the road please?

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:00:29 -0500, Edward Todd
wrote:

Florida cannot prosecute pilots

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/05/pi...ing/index.html