Ref:DUI

DaveB wrote:
About 35 years ago (during my drinking days) I flew a couple times
with a fellow that would drink beer while flying.

We were flying out of a small airport in Alabama and I really didn't
think much of it. Now after being sober for a long time and a little
older and still alive I realize how crazy that was.
Daveb


Also, 35 years ago a DUI was no worse for you record than a speeding
ticket. MADD did what they set out to do and to a point it has probably
made us safer on the road. Like all groups that have a mission though
MADD has gone a little overboard and taken the politicians with them.

On Aug 4, 10:48*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote:
DaveB wrote:
About 35 years ago (during my drinking days) I flew a couple times
with a fellow that would drink beer while flying.

We were flying out of a small airport in Alabama and I really didn't
think much of it. Now after being sober for a long time and a little
older and still alive I realize how crazy that was.
Daveb

Also, 35 years ago a DUI was no worse for you record than a speeding
ticket. MADD did what they set out to do and to a point it has probably
made us safer on the road. Like all groups that have a mission though
MADD has gone a little overboard and taken the politicians with them.

For sure alcohol related road accidents have been reduced by more than
half, thanks to organizations like MADD. There seems to a positive
relationship between any level of serum alcohol and reaction times,
but it gets to be serious enough to affect driving at the high 0.0X
levels. I think, for the record, that driving after giving a pint of
blood is pretty much like driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.05
for normal sized people, and I think pilots should stay below
something like 4000 feet for 3 or 4 days after donating blood, for
that matter. I think the USAF prohibits its pilots from being blood
donors.

On Aug 3, 4:48*pm, (DaveB) wrote:
About 35 years ago (during my drinking days) I flew a couple times
with a fellow that would drink beer while flying.

We were flying out of a small airport in Alabama and I really didn't
think much of it. Now after being sober for a long time and a little
older and still alive I realize how crazy that was.
Daveb

I guess back the day pilots would take a shot of gin before a tough
flight. Probably was the only way to get anyone to do anything as
crazy as they were about to!

-Robert

I like to eat where I fly, and that invariably means a drink or two.
My rule is 1 drink: 1.5 hours until last sip to flying. 2 drinks: 3
hours. 3 drinks: FAA 8 hours at least. Night flight: double those
times for 1 or 2 drinks.
Breaking a little bit the 8-hour b-t-t rule, but hey, I am pretty sure I
have that alcohol metabolized.
I gotta believe this is not egregious, and not uncommon. Not legal tho.
Anyone disagree?

"Tman" x@x wrote in message
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I like to eat where I fly, and that invariably means a drink or two.
My rule is 1 drink: 1.5 hours until last sip to flying. 2 drinks: 3
hours. 3 drinks: FAA 8 hours at least. Night flight: double those times
for 1 or 2 drinks.
Breaking a little bit the 8-hour b-t-t rule, but hey, I am pretty sure I
have that alcohol metabolized.
I gotta believe this is not egregious, and not uncommon. Not legal tho.
Anyone disagree?

What a duffus, saying that on a permanent record. Not too smart.

Not too smart to violate the rule, either.

That is, if you are real, and not someone just jerking our chains, which I
strongly now suspect.
--
Jim in NC

On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:41:49 -0400, Tman wrote:

I like to eat where I fly, and that invariably means a drink or two.
My rule is 1 drink: 1.5 hours until last sip to flying. 2 drinks: 3
hours. 3 drinks: FAA 8 hours at least. Night flight: double those
times for 1 or 2 drinks.
Breaking a little bit the 8-hour b-t-t rule, but hey, I am pretty sure I
have that alcohol metabolized.
I gotta believe this is not egregious, and not uncommon. Not legal tho.
Anyone disagree?

Yeh, I drink six or 11.
--
Bear Bottoms
website: http://bearware.com

Tman writes:

I like to eat where I fly, and that invariably means a drink or two.
My rule is 1 drink: 1.5 hours until last sip to flying. 2 drinks: 3
hours. 3 drinks: FAA 8 hours at least. Night flight: double those
times for 1 or 2 drinks.
Breaking a little bit the 8-hour b-t-t rule, but hey, I am pretty sure I
have that alcohol metabolized.
I gotta believe this is not egregious, and not uncommon. Not legal tho.
Anyone disagree?

It is both egregious and illegal: FAR 91.17(a)(1). You may not drink alcohol
_at all_ within eight hours before flying.

If you think it's okay ... what's your real, full name?

Let's get this all straight. Anthony is not a pilot, and certainly not an
expert on alcohol, its metabolism, or anything to do with addiction.

Why feed his pathetic needs by engaging him in endless discussions? He knows
nothing about flying, and never will.

Viperdoc wrote:
Let's get this all straight. Anthony is not a pilot, and certainly not an
expert on alcohol, its metabolism, or anything to do with addiction.

Why feed his pathetic needs by engaging him in endless discussions? He knows
nothing about flying, and never will.

Well, if I ever need advice on how to live the life of an expatriate
pauper with no job, begging for items costing less than $10, terrified
of real airplanes and real social interaction, with a list of excuses
why I can never be anything but a failure in life about the size of
the New York phone book, he would be my go-to guy.


--
Jim Pennino

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why I can never be anything but a failure in life about the size of
the New York phone book, he would be my go-to guy.


Great point- If I ever need to find a loser and social outcast Anthony would
certainly fit the bill.

However, when it comes to flying and related topics, he has absolutely no
knowledge.