Non-Alcoholic Beers

It came up in another forum that O'Douls ( a non-alcoholic beer ) is not
truly non-alcoholic, but rather it's less then .5%. A reference to a
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publica...ne/lowalc.html tells
more and points out that these types of beverages are not considered
alcoholic beverages. The FAR in question is


§ 91.17 Alcohol or drugs.
(a) No person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil
aircraft --
(1) Within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage;
(2) While under the influence of alcohol;

which uses the term alcoholic beverage to describe the prohibited item
rather then consumption of alcohol as the item to be prohibited. So the
$64,000 is, is the consumption of 1 O'Douls a violation of 91.17 (a) (1).
While it may be considered splitting hairs, the FARs are quite adept at
that and so are the FAA lawyers.

MANDATORY WARNING: This is not a attempt to boost the sales or usage of
Non-Alcoholic beers, I'm just curious.

John Theune