Airtran Pilot arrested in MSP for drinking
05-17-2011, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by syd111
Thanks for pointing that out to me, geez your smart, but I doubt the tsa will smell mouthwash on me and have a test done, geez.
05-17-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Point is that mouthwash, jalapenos etc can register a false positive. The people getting dinged for smelling like mouthwash are because it is a telltale sign.
05-17-2011, 08:35 AM
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I purchased a fairly expensive personal breathalizer and made a couple of interesting observations:
If you use mouthwash and blow immediately you will blow off of the scale, wait 10 minuets and you will blow 0.00 because the alcohol was in your mouth and not your bloodstream. That makes it HIGHLY unlikley that you could blow anything arriving at the airport if you only used mouthwash at the hotel.
Although the body metabolizes alcohol at the same rate regardless of the source, 3 beers will dissipate faster than 3 glasses of wine and the wine will dissipate faster than 3 hard drinks simply because of the alcohol in each.
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If you use mouthwash and blow immediately you will blow off of the scale, wait 10 minuets and you will blow 0.00 because the alcohol was in your mouth and not your bloodstream. That makes it HIGHLY unlikley that you could blow anything arriving at the airport if you only used mouthwash at the hotel.
Although the body metabolizes alcohol at the same rate regardless of the source, 3 beers will dissipate faster than 3 glasses of wine and the wine will dissipate faster than 3 hard drinks simply because of the alcohol in each.
CG
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