Originally Posted by
FutureMajor8
Yes. Tread carefully, you don’t want to get caught up with the FAAs abuse/dependence web. It’s a mess.
If you drink more than two drinks per day it’s considered abuse. High BAC is considered dependency.
Originally Posted by
firefighterplt
Yep. Their logic is that if you’re not half dead with a BAC over 0.15 or so, you have developed a tolerance. And if you developed a tolerance, you must have been drinking a lot, regularly, for a long time. And if you’ve been doing that, you have dependency/abuse.
It is insane.
The worst part is that since CAMI makes the rules, you have to shut up and color. People have tried to battle CAMI via the legal system, but they are judge, jury, and executioner. Only way through is to shut up and color.
That's a GREAT way to get pilots who might have a problem to come forward (sarcasm).
WHY in the world would anyone voluntarily come forward if they know, even without a legal incident involving alcohol, that they'll lose their certificate and income for a substantial period of time??
Why?
Talk about an incentive to hide everything!
Obviously someone with a DUI or other legal matter involving alcohol is one thing, I'm strictly talking about the scenarios where there are no legal triggering events like DUI or public intoxication.