Do ATC Controllers Have Alcohol Regs?

[User546]

I was just wondering, pilots have the standard 8 hours/.04 regulation, what if any regulations do the Air Traffic Controllers have to adhere to as it pertains to performing their duties?

 

[gkrangers]

I was just wondering, pilots have the standard 8 hours/.04 regulation, what if any regulations do the Air Traffic Controllers have to adhere to as it pertains to performing their duties?

You think they do what they do sober ?

Geez...were you way off!

I'm sure its as strict, if not moreso.

 

[bigD]

You think they do what they do sober ?

I think there's a Mary Jane requirement in there as well. You should have seen the vectors AUS was giving me last week.

Juuuuuuust kidding, Vector4Fun!

 

[Dumbluck]

user997, is there a story behind this question or are you looking for new career?

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

yup.....8 hours .04, don't think im gonna be legal tommorrow MY LIFE SUCKS, not looking for sympathy! But im drunk as crap again, 4th night in row, no biggie, not talking to airplanes until 11am local!

 

[Dumbluck]

I knew it, when ATC says "Say again, I was on a landline" they are really doing shots

 

[Dumbluck]

I knew it, when ATC says "Say again, I was on a landline" they are really doing shots of Jose'

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

no no no, when we say "say again, I was on the landline, i was asking the ground controller, what 4 across was

 

[minitour]

no no no, when we say "say again, I was on the landline, i was asking the ground controller, what 4 across was

bwahaha :laugh:

Awesome

-mini

 

[Fury220]

Hmm...Vector4Fun works down in the KAUS area?


Hey Vector...ever dealt with a FOXY65? That's usually me.


EDIT: Actually, that's usually my student in the rear cockpit under the hood, with me in the front 'pit clearing and wishing I were doing the flying.

 

[User546]

user997, is there a story behind this question or are you looking for new career?

Nah... as long as they'll keep paying for me to sit up front I'm not going anywhere!

What got me thinking about was Lrjtcaptain's "Drunk ATCer..." post from last night. :beer:

 

[Vector4fun]

Yup, we have the same alcohol rules and get to "randomly" blow in a tube from time to time.

Fury, don't forget to check the UT schedule. Fri/Sat before a home game, we're often doing 100-130 ops/hr. Not much room for a 300 kt downwind. MAF and ELP need the traffic...

 

[JediNein]

Isn't it eight feet from dope to scope, six if you're sharing with the sup?

 

[Fury220]

Yup, we have the same alcohol rules and get to "randomly" blow in a tube from time to time.

Fury, don't forget to check the UT schedule. Fri/Sat before a home game, we're often doing 100-130 ops/hr. Not much room for a 300 kt downwind. MAF and ELP need the traffic...

Yeah, man -- I hear ya. We don't usually fly on Saturdays, and, if we're there on a Friday night, AUS is probably our final destination. KELP? Oh HELL NO do I want to have the jet break and get stuck there. I only go to such places when I absolutely have to, as in, when heading west on my way to Vegas/Phoenix/San Diego. Otherwise, KAUS is just fine. If we get stuck out, that's just one more night on 6th Street.

We have our reasons for the 300KIAS downwind...

 

[Vector4fun]

KELP? Oh HELL NO do I want to have the jet break and get stuck there.

Ahhh, you've never been to some of the finer establishments in Ciudad Juarez.

Errr, then again, perhaps you have....




Ahh well, many of the ladies head to Acuna this time of year, deer season ya know......