The new airline thread

[SocialD]

Ya latest is that it is fake news that somehow leaked before it was resolved.  A friend posted on FB that this pilot doesn't even drink.  Hope this doesn't cause to much of an issue for the pilot.   

[Lord Ratner]

6 hours ago, BFM this said:

My personal bottle-to-throttle is about double the FOM standard.  Just too much money in the pot to call that hand.

That said, if I ever do get into widebody international again, I will go full Quaker from CONUS coast-out to clearing US customs.  

Happy to go hit Oktoberfest or a bottle of wine with dinner up the Italian coast...but only on vacation.

While I understand the sentiment, there's no realistic scenario where you have two drinks, stop for 8 hours, and still have a high BAC. And I have yet to see a single incident of a pilot who drank responsibly, then tested positive the next day. 

 

You've never in your life smelled like booze 8 hours after having two drinks.

 

Now, if a pilot is one of the types who has a tendency to turn two drinks into 10 drinks, then absolutely go full Mormon on every layover. But these incidents aren't bad luck or strange biology. Every time it's someone getting hammered on the layover, and not having the sense to call in sick the next day.

 

It's just like credit cards. Some people can use them everyday for every expense because it's an easy way to get 2% of your expenditures back. Other people touch the plastic and find themselves on an all-day spending binge. Know thyself and act accordingly.

[disgruntledemployee]

BFM's drinks

Edited yesterday at 03:33 AM by disgruntledemployee
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[nunya]

13 hours ago, SocialD said:

Ya latest is that it is fake news that somehow leaked before it was resolved.  A friend posted on FB that this pilot doesn't even drink.  Hope this doesn't cause to much of an issue for the pilot.   

So you are or are not moving up a number?  Important things first. 😉

[SocialD]

49 minutes ago, nunya said:

So you are or are not moving up a number?  Important things first. 😉

 

 

Real airline pilot talk!   This pilot is junior to me so no gain for this guy.  🤣

[Springer]

19 hours ago, McJay Pilot said:

Must’ve been an old NorthWest crew dog.

He was on my (and others) No Fly list BEFORE the incident but for other reasons.

Edited yesterday at 01:42 PM by Springer

[Stoker]

Breathalyzers are notoriously prone to false positives. The reason the US uses the .08 standard isn't because we're okay with people driving around buzzed, it's because if you arrest everyone you test who has a .02 you're going to be arresting a ton of people who are stone cold sober. Blood tests are what have actual evidentiary value.

[SocialD]

1 hour ago, Stoker said:

Breathalyzers are notoriously prone to false positives. The reason the US uses the .08 standard isn't because we're okay with people driving around buzzed, it's because if you arrest everyone you test who has a .02 you're going to be arresting a ton of people who are stone cold sober. Blood tests are what have actual evidentiary value.

 

So recently a buddy (Captain on my shop) was accused of being drunk by one his FAs.  He found out when an ops guy stepped in the cockpit and asked him to step in the jet bridge.  After a quick discussion, all of the 4 or 5 ops people were like clearly this dude isn't drunk.  So much so that they said it was unfounded and were going to let him fly.  Wanting to prove he wasn't drunk, he wanted a breathalyzer.  However, after a call to the union, they said do NOT take a breathalyzer if they're calling you good.  Reason being that if he hit a false positive, it would open up a can of worms he didn't want to deal with.  Hadn't thought of it from that angle.   

 

Either way, he said fuck that, I'm not flying with this FA so remove him or me.   He got to go home with pay from 4 day.  

[BFM this]

Rumor is that the F/O popped in Sweden doesn’t drink.

https://www.chicagocriminallawyer.pro/blog/the-impact-of-keto-diets-on-dui-breath-test-accuracy/