The aviation rule is "no alcohol in your system and a minimun of 8 hours bottle to throttle". The limit of 0.08 is for driving CARS in Canada at least. It's likely to cause loss of your ticket if you're flying with that amount in your system. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newbold" <pnewbold@san.rr.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:40 AM Subject: Re: come on, get it right, damnit! > Dave, > > Is .08 the limit for flying an aircraft full of passengers? Sounds high > to me. What are the FAA rules for drinking before flying? > I don't ride in a car when the driver has been drinking and I'm damn sure > not going to get in an airplane with a drinking pilot whether his breath is > .08 or .01. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of > David Ross > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:40 PM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: come on, get it right, damnit! > > > Okay, now I've heard the America West pilots that were supposedly drunk = > has being the pilots for both Southwest and American! > > BTW, I wonder if they really were drunk. Heard they were at .08 (right = > at the limit); wonder if the "security" people were just trying to get = > back at them for some reason. > > David Ross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/ >