"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet
So wouldn't five years be reasonable then? Just to be safe? How about
ten?


The number I gave you was for 2 year recidivism (The time period in
question). The 70% is made up of those who walked out of rehab and had a
drink within the hour, those that did so on day 729 and everyone in
between.

How about those who became addicted to prescribed painkillers?

In any case, I'm trying to find out what happens in the real world. I
expect to find that it's a, mostly, BS rubber stamp process. But, I'll
happily admit I'm wrong if I find otherwise. And, again, this sort of
policy would discourage addicts from seeking treatment, no? And, are
there any stats on which an opinion could be formed WRT risk of flying
while intoxicated? AFAIK, drugs and alcohol rarely are a factor in
accidents. Of those where they are, how many involved people who had been
through rehab in the prior two years?

moo


Pain killers, Vodka it really doesn't matter though alchohol recidivism is
one of the worst. You seem to have this idea that everything the FAA does is
"BS rubber stamp process" but there is a reason for that. A. If they looked
at every single issue on its' own they would get to an individual case 10 to
15 years after the persons whose case it was died of old age. B. There is
data out there and studing ststistics is one thing the government is very
good at.

I certainly hope you aren't saying that you don't think drug or alcohol
would not impair a persons ability to fly. If you are there will be a
*plonk* coming very soon.

I did a quick search and came up with a couple of items. One stragly enough
is from the Redwood City police department.

http://www.redwoodcity.org/police/drug-info.html

It doesn't have any cite to go with the statement so I take it with a HUGE
grain of salt but it states that 76% of private aircraft accidents are
alcohol related.

I'm sure more ligitimate data is out there I just don't have time right now
to look for it.