Drinking policy

[Say Again Over]

And I say that as the spouse of a major airline pilot

Ha ha ha, funny.

 

[ag2pilot]

Here's another thought.

The Boss, who pays your salary, has a multimillion dollar asset out on the road, that he has the right to expect to be available in any reasonable time frame. Too long of a duty day? The Boss should understand.... Four hour duty day with a three day layover, 2 hrs after landing, some deal that he is working on (that helps buy shiny airplanes and pays your salary) blows up and he needs to go to Tucson right now. He calls you up and hears "sorry, I just drank a beer with lunch/dinner".... I don't think he should have to be very understanding on that one.

But I know, he's just a fat headed jerk, and should have planned better.

Also, how many of us are on a salary, and when we aren't on a trip, our time is our own. Then somebody in the office working 40 hrs per week says something about all our time off, and we justify it by the fact that when we are on the road, we are "working" 24 hrs a day since we are away from home.

Just my .02

 

[gutshotdraw]

Ha ha ha, funny.

Eleven year Red Tail Buckwheat. You have a star on your ALPA pin?

 

[Say Again Over]

crowd killer flying

Maybe when you were working, but what does this have to do with drinking policies in corporate flight departments?

 

[tracearabians]

I don't know of any corporate flight departments that have this rule.

 

[GVFlyer]

Maybe when you were working, but what does this have to do with drinking policies in corporate flight departments?

Read Gutshotdraw's post. He quotes the alcohol consumption policy of four organizations, then responds to a comment from Rez (sorta) mocking corporate flying.


GV

 

[doublepsych]

Eleven year Red Tail Buckwheat. You have a star on your ALPA pin?

Hey GSD:

You seem to be former NWA and in LAS. If so, shoot me a PM.

 

[gutshotdraw]

Hey GSD:

You seem to be former NWA and in LAS. If so, shoot me a PM.

My decidedly better half is the now-retired blue booker.

 

[Palerider957]

If a passenger (or a pilot for that matter) has an emergency with a sick or injured family member, they will never forget you if you can get them home. I know this from experience. I suspect that if you were unable to launch because of drinking, they would never forget you for that either.

.....time for mouthwash and visine......

 

[2EASYPilot]

We stick with the FAA rules..plus nothing before 5 pm local on weekdays or if you on the road with the aircraft for a weekend. Weekends belong to you if you are home. We try to normalize the life of our guys as much as possible.

 

[Hopeless_in_GA]

8 hrs, unless we are released from duty with a solid TTR for departure.

 

[Bjetset2]

Drinking

1700 Local, 12 hours before duty show...

 

[Raskal]

I would comment in detail but I don't think it would be wise, let's just say our company did ban any alcohol on the road and for 12 hours before a trip...this has kind of mutated over time into something different.

One of the discussions that comes up often is that after duty (say 1800) it's personal/rest time, and can the company regulate that? Black and white it isn't, but let's just say that there's plenty of room for responsiblity and good judgement.

 

[Say Again Over]

Black and white it isn't, but let's just say that there's plenty of room for responsiblity and good judgement.

Right on, what a concept!