Originally Posted by
MedicalTruth
What if one encounters a dirty cop who knows that they can destroy your career by simply placing "DUI" as the charge, knowing full well it will never result in conviction? But still destroy your career of possible millions in income?
Assuming this dirty cop...
a) Knows you're a pilot
b) Knows how FAA medical works (cops generally don't...)
c) Hates your guts
Yeah, that's possible. But as long as BAC is zero or negligible the FAA won't care. Also if the cop's dirty, he'll be looking for a "gratuity"... better pay up.
The grey area for us...
You can get a DUI with < the presumed BAC, if you can be shown to be impaired. If you drive after drinking AT ALL, you could in theory get a DUI well under the local limit if you can't recite the alphabet backwards while hopping on one foot and touching your nose with your eyes shut.
Safest way to roll is don't drink and drive.