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02-08-2019 | 06:20 AM

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For the professional drunk.

02-08-2019 | 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jhondoe

For the professional drunk.

Yeah, if you need to check your own BAC in the hotel van better just call HIMS right now.

Two drinks max, ten hours prior to show. Maybe 3-4 on a loooong layover. If you're having more than that might want to cut back. If you really don't want to cut back, might want to call HIMS...

02-08-2019 | 08:07 AM

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Well it made the big time

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/airplane-mode/american-airlines-pilot-accused-being-drunk-arrested-airport-n969246

02-09-2019 | 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by stabapch

Watching ABC World News and they cover a story of an AA pilot arrested in the UK for alcohol intoxication about to fly a Manchester to PHL flight. ‘Google it’ to find more info and nothing. Checked ABC World News and still nothing. I only found the story on a PHL local news network. Mainstream media suppressed? APA cover-up?

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...1.html%3famp=y

No, it's just that the "mainstream media" is extremely lazy and if it isn't an opinion piece to further their preconceived narrative, then they just wait to read it in some other media and turn it around in their own media a few days later.

02-11-2019 | 10:50 AM

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The DAL pilot in a similar situation got absolutely zero media coverage. Even the google bots that crawl through my brain every night didn't deliver it to my aviation-heavy newsfeed.

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02-11-2019 | 11:02 AM

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Contrary to what APC members think, the general public does not care about airline pilots.

02-12-2019 | 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine

Contrary to what APC members think, the general public does not care about airline pilots.

Why would they when Trump said.......

For anything to be carried in the press, they have to find a way to link it back as a Trump gaffe.

02-16-2019 | 11:57 AM

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Don't even use mouthwash over there, folks. Seriously.

At the levels they set for detection, even a little scope can set that machine off.

And besides, with stank breath you'll fit right in.

Only if you gargle with it right before the test. That is why they will retest you in 15 to 30 minutes eliminating the chance of a false positive.

02-16-2019 | 05:42 PM

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Only if you gargle with it right before the test. That is why they will retest you in 15 to 30 minutes eliminating the chance of a false positive.

Was told, not by anyone in power, that people get taken to a hospital for blood test.

02-16-2019 | 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by A330FoodCritic

Was told, not by anyone in power, that people get taken to a hospital for blood test.

Not in Germany. In Germany the Polizei will do it on the spot. Even out on the Autobahn. And WILL DO IT means your consent is unnecessary. They WILL do it and only up the ante with a resisting charge if they have to club you into submission.