FAR 61.15 Offenses involving alcohol or drugs

[TxPilot0878]

Like Mr."DickBurns" Said,

Everybody screws up and for you with low hours and very little time in the game...PROTECT YOURSELVES!!!! Most pilots go to a party or put themselves in "harms" way. If you can avoid it by all means do....this isn't an interview question you want that destroys your chances at moving on.
It is very easy...and I know that most the drinking happens early in your career...the reason the rest of us don't is because we have seen its ugly face....A $50.00 cab ride out beats a $10,000 (at least) get out of jail card....by 200%!

Make the right choice....I am not lecturing...5 of my immediate friends now suffer from this devastating blow! Thats the only reason I don't!

Tex

 

[indefinitehold]

Just get a aviation attorney. He will answer your questions and provide the proper guidance in min.the issue/violation.

C.Y.A. baby!

 

[avbug]

Everyone at some point or another has had too much and gotten behind the wheel, I don't care what you say or who you are, it has happened at some point, unfortunate the inevitable happens and people hurt themselves and others from the it, fortunately my friend only hurt himself and hopefully learns from his dumbA55 mistake.

If that's a confession, so be it. The assertion that everybody drinks is ridiculous. Not everybody drinks. The assertion that everybody gets behind the wheel while intoxicated or under the influence is also assinine and false. Speak for yourself.

 

[dickburns]

I figured you would have some stupid Jerry Falwell like comment for everyone, since you are so high and mighty and have never made a mistake yourself mister self-proclaimed self-righteous golden boy pilot. I don't need to make a confession, I've gotten behind the wheel after I've had too much, you heard I'VE DRIVEN DRUNK, so has about 99.9% of the human population. I realized my mistake and I'm a better man for it now, no one was hurt, I didn't hurt myself, woke up the next day and made sure it never happened again, too much to lose. You must be a great guy to fly with, probably preach to the other pilot about morals and life, things that you have never done but criticizze and how everyone else is wrong. You just continue to prove that you have some stupid little conservative opinion, probably only have missionary sex when it is used for pro creation, don't fly on sundays, and get all bent out of shape when your uniform has one little wrinkle in it because then its not professional looking. I think I speak for the rest of us, we'll all continue to live in reality.

 

[avbug]

I've gotten behind the wheel after I've had too much, you heard I'VE DRIVEN DRUNK, so has about 99.9% of the human population.

If you're done now, a simple statement that you're a bloody idiot would have sufficed.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

FWIW, in NYC here's how it works.

If you're pulled over by a police officer and refuse to blow, you end up getting your license suspended for 1 year. After that you'll get it back and there won't be any record of this DWI.

If you do blow and are above a .08 you get handcuffed and brought down to the field sobriety office for an official test. This consists of using more accurate equipment and may include a blood test as well. Here's the thing though, depending on how much time transpires between the inital brethalyser and the field check, you may be let go. If you STILL blow above a .08 at the field office, you get booke and charged. If you've been cooperative and the officer likes you, he may take his time getting you down there and having you takethe official test. If enough time has gone by after say blowing a .10, you might find that by the time you get blood drawn or blow a second time you're below .08. If under, you are released and no record of this incident will exist.

 

[DrewBlows]

This isn't even worth arguing. It's easy to understand why no politicians will touch the issue because they will instantly be labeled as advocates for drunk driving. I'm no drunk-driving sympathizer, though some of you won't believe me. To put it into context, I'm no fan of Illinois Nazis, but I support their First Amendment right to free speech, because if we take rights away from the citizens we find deplorable we can't say much when we are the ones whose beliefs others find deplorable.