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Originally Posted by bobson
Peter,
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The question still remains if that one drink as you said wont affect your ability to drive why then P drivers, bus drivers, pilots have zero limit?
Not trying to put anyone on the spot but those things are out there as we all know.
cheers
bob
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I retired from international flying with a little over 20,000 hours in my log book, and am pleased to say never even scratched the paint. And always observed the "eight hour bottle to throttle" rule.
That said, while on a positioning flight I took the opportunity to visit the flight deck of a French carrier...where... to my surprise one of the crew has a small glass of wine with his crew meal. He laughed..and said of course... as it was french wine!
Not all regulators are totally anal. I think the DGAC (French equivalent of CASA) allowed for 0.01 blood alcohol limit for crew....but that may have changed.
There is some evidence to suggest very small amounts of alcohol act a as a stimulant. Of course, in larger quantities it becomes a depressant, with 0.05 being deemed to be the "unaffected" limit for motorists.