I had 2 DUI's about 6 years ago, is it realistic for me to become a commercial pilot?

Jim

I can believe the data on the Commuter/Air Taxi's. Their erratic
flight schedule and low pay scales and single pilot operation puts
lots of pressure on those Jocks. My original comments put them in the
GA column.

All of the Airline crews are dual pilot so even if one has had a few
drinks the two pilot cockpit has give a real time operational safety
as a dearth of fatal accidents show.

Big John
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:21:11 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote:

Big John wrote:
I have NEVER seen an Airline fatal accident where the remains of the
pilots were checked for alcohol and either one found positive.

Anyone dispute these comments and can provide source?

Here's an article from 2005 that seems relevant:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...p?newsid=18691

"In crashes of commuter aircraft or air taxis, measurable BACs were found
in only three of 108 pilots who died between 1983 and 1988, and there are
no cases where alcohol has been implicated as a probable cause in a fatal
crash of a major U.S. airline."

In a previous article, Big John said:
All of the Airline crews are dual pilot so even if one has had a few
drinks the two pilot cockpit has give a real time operational safety
as a dearth of fatal accidents show.

However, there have been numerous cases where impaired pilots had to be
taken off an airliner. The most famous incident was where *both*
Northwest pilots for a flight were drunk.


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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Big John said:
All of the Airline crews are dual pilot so even if one has had a few
drinks the two pilot cockpit has give a real time operational safety
as a dearth of fatal accidents show.

However, there have been numerous cases where impaired pilots had to be
taken off an airliner. The most famous incident was where *both*
Northwest pilots for a flight were drunk.

How many flights have been conducted where one or both of the pilots had been
out partying the night before, and were "considerably less than sharp" for their
flights? If one serious challenge to the flight had happened, would they have
been sharp enough to prevent a crash?
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Jim in NC