conehead Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42759124 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIP Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The other way to look at this would be: "guilty until proven innocent" Would not be the first such occasion, where a pilot was accused and later exonerated, especially in the UK. Sad is the word used here, because if not already, the accused name will be public, and image tarnished forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, AIP said: "guilty until proven innocent" or the other "Guilty by Twitter" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 8:33 PM, conehead said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42759124 The BA level limit for pilots is 0.02 i.e. one beer with dinner the night before, if you're of slight build. Reasonable? Some would say not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 It may not be reasonable, but knowing the limits, why would anyone take a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 59 minutes ago, Moon The Loon said: The BA level limit for pilots is 0.02 i.e. one beer with dinner the night before, if you're of slight build. Reasonable? Some would say not... I think your estimate is a bit off or there would be a lot more people being pulled over at UK airports. .02 is the immediate BAC with one drink for a slightly built person. BAC reduces by 0.01 per 40 minutes or about 0.015 per hour. A 140 lb man would be back to zero in about 2 hours after 1 drink. Not recommending that anyone use this formula to determine fitness to drive or fly, though. If someone showed a BAC of 0.02 after 8 hours of sleep and 1 hour of dressing and 1 hour of travel, they would be at least observably drunk the evening before. A 12 hour rule would put them well past that if they still registered .02 in the morning. http://proserve.aglc.ca/siteuploads/document/BAC Estimation Charts_200806.pdf?v=20120531 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Rather than starting a new thread, this also happened in the UK Drunk pilot jailed for trying to fly from Heathrow while nine times over alcohol limit A pilot has been jailed after he prepared to fly a passenger jet from Heathrow Airport while nine times over the alcohol limit. First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, was jailed for 10 months at Isleworth Crown Court over the incident in October.He was arrested at the airport after he failed a breathalyser test 50 minutes before the Japan Airlines (JAL) flight JL44 to Tokyo was due to take off with him in the cockpit. Judge Phillip Matthews described the co-pilot as “very intoxicated” ahead of the 28 October flight. “You are an experienced pilot, but you had clearly been drinking for a long period up to a time shortly before you were due to go into that plane,” the judge said. “Most important is the safety of all persons on board that very long-haul flight, potentially 12 hours or more. “Their safety was put at risk by your inebriation and drunkenness.” He added: “The prospect of you taking over control of that aircraft is too appalling to contemplate. “The potential consequences for those on board was catastrophic.” The legal alcohol limit for pilots is 20mg per 100ml of blood, and Jitsukawa's blood contained some 189mg. For drivers, the limit is 80mg per 100ml of blood. Inspector Iain Goble, of the Metropolitan Police’s aviation policing department, said: “This is an incredibly serious offence as Jitsukawa, a member of the airline crew, had responsibility for performing a critical role. “This conviction reflects he displayed not only total disregard for the safety of all the passengers and staff on his flight, but also the wider public. “Clearly, the consequences could potentially have been catastrophic had security staff and police not intervened and he had continued to perform his role on the aircraft in the state he was. “I would like to praise the security staff who acted quickly and professionally upon suspecting that Jitsukawa was not fit to fly and alerted police.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/drunk-pilot-jailed-japan-airlines-heathrow-airport-tokyo-court-case-prison-a8659381.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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