///AMG
Well-Known Member
The second part no longer exists.
I don't know about other shop's 10/12/whatever company rules, but at ours, if you get tested and don't blow a 0.0BAC, regardless of following said rule, you still get fired.
Delta Airlines pilot sentenced to 10 months after showing up impaired to fly plane
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The second part no longer exists.
I don't know about other shop's 10/12/whatever company rules, but at ours, if you get tested and don't blow a 0.0BAC, regardless of following said rule, you still get fired.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Who wants to drink on a 13 hour overnight bookended by transcon red eyes anyway
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
With stuff like HIMS, it’s absolutely idiotic he’d choose this path in life. People before you fought for your right to get help for this very problem.
Oh well. Enjoy prison.
Oh well. Enjoy prison.
That much of a "good time" for me is only really enjoyable at home with no known responsibilities the next day. Plus, cocktails are way cheaper at home anyway
Yeah, I’m a home-drinker.
No driving
Fridge full of snacks.
Lots of video games.
And if the wife is drinking, there’s late night karaoke and dancing!
drunkenbeagle
Gang Member
And if the wife is drinking, there’s late night karaoke and dancing!
COVID - or why I spent way too much money on a Magic Sing karaoke machine. Which has been used perhaps twice since the world stopped being closed.
///AMG
Well-Known Member
I mean, I think the folks who have an actual problem, i.e. alcoholism, aren't really interested in what HIMS has to offer, unless of course, they have that come-to-jesus moment that other addicts sometimes (hopefully) have
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
I'm not the right guy to comment. I've never tried beer, alcohol, wine, etc, my entire life. Even if I did, I can't imagine risking that stuff on work overnights. Maybe on a multi-day overnight, but most domestic overnights that are under 20 hrs? Eek.
Derg and BobD writing that guys can buy wine bottles and stuff it in their carry on pilots bags? I didn't know that, and personally I think that sounds nuts.
I'm so serious about my job, I look at the clock just to make sure I can consume a Coke Zero
Completely legal. Some airlines even have crew duty-free stores where you can buy… ALCOHOL and they’ll deliver it to the aircraft.
“Crew-ty Free”, as some call it, is literally right next to the dispatcher desk in AMS has an amazing selection of value-priced liquid gold to take home to enjoy like an adult.
“Crew-ty Free”, as some call it, is literally right next to the dispatcher desk in AMS has an amazing selection of value-priced liquid gold to take home to enjoy like an adult.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Just don't try bringing alcohol to the plane in some airports in China. They're weird about it. Wine is OK though apparently.
///AMG
Well-Known Member
Even if I did, I can't imagine risking that stuff on work overnights. Maybe on a multi-day overnight, but most domestic overnights that are under 20 hrs? Eek.
Derg and BobD writing that guys can buy wine bottles and stuff it in their carry on pilots bags? I didn't know that, and personally I think that sounds nuts.
I'm so serious about my job, I look at the clock just to make sure I can consume a Coke Zero
I agree 100% with your first statement. But remember that you are a rational person, not affected by addiction to alcohol. Some of these folks are not. That isn't to excuse what they do, but it is to say that of course it doesn't make sense to any of us.
I do know folks who routinely bring special beers or other liquor home with them. I know it is allowed, but for me, it isn't a spotlight I want to potentially cast upon myself, much less give passengers in the area (regardless of carrier), the impression that we've been drinking. Even if it was totally legal, well within the regs, and not affecting performance. There are enough nervous flyers out there, no reason to give the paying public (who fund our livelihoods) a reason to doubt our professionalism. That isn't to say that I haven't enjoyed a beer with dinner on a layover when it isn't an issue, but I've yet to taste the nectar of the gods delicious enough to need to bring home with me on a work trip. Spoiler alert, they are all the same, wherever you live.
Ian_J
Hubschrauber Flieger
Coming home from South Africa my Briggs & Riley probably weighs 75 pounds. Primo high quality wine for $7 a bottle.
Ian_J
Hubschrauber Flieger
It’s pretty common for all 4 pilots on a double-augmented long haul trip to be carrying bags of booze to the airplane returning to the US.
NovemberEcho
Dergs favorite member
Well • I’m going to start giving yall a shopping list next time anyone has a Europe-JFK flight
I’m not going to bring my own bottles from home on layovers but I just bought 3 bottles of wine in Buenos Aires that would have cost $450 in the states for $150 down there. It’s quite common to buy liquor around the world because you get a pretty solid deal.I'm not the right guy to comment. I've never tried beer, alcohol, wine, etc, my entire life. Even if I did, I can't imagine risking that stuff on work overnights. Maybe on a multi-day overnight, but most domestic overnights that are under 20 hrs? Eek.
Derg and BobD writing that guys can buy wine bottles and stuff it in their carry on pilots bags? I didn't know that, and personally I think that sounds nuts.
I'm so serious about my job, I look at the clock just to make sure I can consume a Coke Zero
I don’t know anyone who actually doesn’t have at LEAST a bottle of local wine when departing a oenologically rich country.
I’m bringing unique Soju back from Korea, if there’s a Hibiki or a Yamazaki I find in Japan, it’s coming back too.
Ireland would offer you a bottle of Irish Whiskey entering AND exiting as crew members.
You could get a 750ml bottle of Russian Standard Platinum at “Crewty Free” in the KLM flight crew lounge for like 12 Euros back in the day.
Blantons? DId they have BLANTONS?! On 123.45 sometimes…
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
It’s cheaper and you can find some cool stuff that you can’t find back home.
