One of those questions that keeps lawyers in business. There is no
definitive answer to that question. There is only a solution. The
solution for me is to decide what's more important, flying or drinking
O'Douls. And for me, that question is easy to answer.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.


"John Theune" wrote in message
1...
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