Federal statutes for legally drunk pilots

"C J Campbell"
wrote:

The state and/or municipality have jurisdiction over anyone flying within
their borders, no matter where the pilot lives. If you are drunk and fly
over them, they can arrest you even if you don't land there.

There are some cases involving attempts by dry states or
municipalities to prohibit in-flight alcoholic consumption
during overflights by national air carriers. They all
failed, so this power is probably limited.


§ 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;

I've always wondered what the definition of "alcoholic
beverage" is. Orange juice has a measurable amount of
alcohol, and I've wondered about so called "non-alcoholic"
beers. This is a purely theoretical interest, as I'm
confident that no one will be arrested for consuming orange
juice and I hate non-alcoholic beverages, but I am
interested in what the formal definition is considered to be
- anything controlled or taxed as "alcoholic"?
Todd Pattist
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