yep..most states have "local" aviation laws many pilots are unaware. Walter ATL ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 08:35 Subject: Re: come on, get it right, damnit! > Local TV last night said they'll lose their jobs with America West, have > their FAA licenses revoked and they face Florida state felony charges of > operating an aircraft while intoxicated (Florida has a statute regarding > this). They spent the day and night in jail yesterday. > > Jose Prize > > > In a message dated 7/2/2002 8:28:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jmgammon@sympatico.ca writes: > > > Subj:Re: come on, get it right, damnit! > > Date:7/2/2002 8:28:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time > > From:<A HREF="mailto:jmgammon@sympatico.ca";>jmgammon@sympatico.ca</A> > > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > > 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/ >