Crackdown on drunken pilots

[RotorPilot]

[color=" black FONTFAMILY Arial FONTSIZE 14pt"]Crackdown on drunken pilots[/color][color=" black FONTFAMILY Arial"]

[/color]June 18, 2003[color=" black FONTFAMILY Arial"] [/color]
AFTER a doubling of airline pilots failing sobriety tests, the US Government has tightened procedures to keep those caught drunk out of the cockpit.[color=" black FONTFAMILY Arial FONTSIZE 10pt"]

Last year, 22 commercial airline pilots in the United States tested positive for alcohol use, up from nine in 2001, and nine pilots have tested positive this year. [/color][color=" black FONTFAMILY Arial"][/color]
Full story:
[url="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6615746%255E401,00.html"]http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...255E401,00.html

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[SIZE= 13.5pt]FAA warns on drunken pilots[/SIZE]
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 [SIZE= 12pt][/SIZE]
[color=" black FONTSIZE 9pt"]By SYLVIA ADCOCK Newsday[/color]

www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=105855&r=0

 

[5x5]

Hey RP, interesting article.

However I had quite a chuckle to see it listed just above the thread for "Summer Fun at the Beaver".

LOL

 

[twotter]

But that, of course is only for people with late check in times the next day.....

 

[RotorPilot]

Hi 5 X 5

FAA did not report where the pilots have been before to the failed tests, but it seems that the famous “Beaverâ€￾ somewhere out West is a dangerous place to be prior to flying…

The entire World is reacting to this FAA Warning and this is bad news… a few rotten apples are undermining the reputation of the entire pilot’s community with some media writing and talking about ‘endemic drinking culture’ among flight crews

[SIZE= 14pt]FAA tightens policies for drunk pilots[/SIZE]

Wednesday, June 18, 2003 Posted: 1:41 PM EDT (1741 GMT)[color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 90pt"][/color]

[COLOR= black]WASHINGTON (AP) --[/COLOR][COLOR= black] [/COLOR][COLOR= black]After a doubling of airline pilots failing Breathalyzer tests, the government has tightened procedures to keep those caught drunk out of the cockpit.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Last year, 22 commercial airline pilots tested positive for alcohol use, up from nine in 2001, and nine pilots have tested positive this year. That's only a fraction of the approximately 75,000 U.S. airline pilots but enough to cause the Federal Aviation Administration to establish new procedures for dealing with drunk pilots.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= black]Full story: [/COLOR]

[url="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/06/18/drunken.pilots.ap/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/06/18/drunk...s.ap/index.html[/URL]

 

[Swamp Donkey]

An increasing number of pilots caught drunk while on duty does not necessarily mean more intoxicated pilots are trying to fly planes, experts say. It may mean more are getting caught."

Probably means we''ll have to blow into one of those little breathalizers that lock the ignition switches!

 

[Swamp Donkey]

An increasing number of pilots caught drunk while on duty does not necessarily mean more intoxicated pilots are trying to fly planes, experts say. It may mean more are getting caught."

Probably means we''ll have to blow into one of those little breathalizers that lock the ignition switches!

 

[MagSeal]

I say let them drink...flights are boring enough as it is. We need the odd cowboy who feels he can run a slalom course in his 737 at max VNE. As well it would make the audio presentations much more exciting too. Gone would be the days of "hello, this is the captain speaking, on our right you can see the lights of Calgary.." It would be a whole lot more fun if he yelled out "wholly crappers dude, was that spider man who just whizzed by", or "this is the frikken'' captain speaking, the the right is a big hole called Calgary, for our passengers on the left, hang on, as we finish the barrel roll, you''ll be able to see the bloody lights too..."

 

[MagSeal]

I say let them drink...flights are boring enough as it is. We need the odd cowboy who feels he can run a slalom course in his 737 at max VNE. As well it would make the audio presentations much more exciting too. Gone would be the days of "hello, this is the captain speaking, on our right you can see the lights of Calgary.." It would be a whole lot more fun if he yelled out "wholly crappers dude, was that spider man who just whizzed by", or "this is the frikken'' captain speaking, the the right is a big hole called Calgary, for our passengers on the left, hang on, as we finish the barrel roll, you''ll be able to see the bloody lights too..."

 

[Elvis]

The only problem with that idea is what happens when the interlock asks for an inflight sample and the pilot fails the test??

 

[Elvis]

The only problem with that idea is what happens when the interlock asks for an inflight sample and the pilot fails the test??

 

[Elvis]

 

[Elvis]

 

[graunch1]

Geez that must have been the same AC flight I was on

 

[graunch1]

Geez that must have been the same AC flight I was on

 

[downwash]

What''s an ignition switch???