Originally Posted by sc_rufctr (Post 10267895)

Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid (Post 10267886)

I think that's a .189 bac.


Two bottles and a pitcher. That's a lot of volume.

Originally Posted by 1990C4S (Post 10268266)

Normal vehicle impaired limit would be 0.08 or 0.06 I think.

I think he was three times the limit?

Ten times the legal limit would kill most people I think. Either that night or the next morning.

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 10268433)

8 hours “bottle to throttle” (anything within 8 hours means you’re automatically in violation), or 0.04 BAC even if it’s from drinking prior to that.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr (Post 10267895)

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 10268584)

I got stories. Alaska Airline pilots drunk on their ass trying to get into a hot co-workers pants at 1:00 am at the Captain Cook hotel in Anchorage. She obliged with one of them.

Fly out same morning at 7:00am on a heavy.

JAL dude just got caught.

Originally Posted by speeder (Post 10268739)

That was my friend's film, he wrote and directed it. About four of our other friends are in it, including my buddy Conor who isn't even an actor. :D

Originally Posted by speeder (Post 10268263)

He basically did not have enough blood in his alcohol stream.

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 10268769)

Oh for sure I know stuff happens (used to fly for a living myself). There’s what the regs day and what some people actually do.

Yea - dumb and he got busted. Job opening. Next in line, you’re up!

Originally Posted by speeder (Post 10268263)

He basically did not have enough blood in his alcohol stream.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10269196)

Hahahaha, I’m going to steal that.

Originally Posted by Jims5543 (Post 10269270)

They are not filling seats very easy. My buddy is a polit and just kicked a kid back into simulators after he slammed the jet into the runway so hard they bounced 3x. He said he was sick to his stomach over how violent the landing was. He got on the PA and apologized.

He is does some sort of check out / instruction and said this cat was a mess when it came time to land. I am not a pilot but the way he explained it to me was that a simulator really cannot fix this, it is something you need to understand and be able to do in the real world. If that makes sense.

It sounds to me like your friend was giving Initial Operating Experience (IOE) to a pilot new in the airplane and/or the airline. Landings in Transport Category jets can certainly be simulated well in a modern simulator.

Concerning bottle to throttle, from what I have gathered these pilots blow off a LOT of steam when laid over. They push that 8 hour limit to the minute.

Who are you referring to? Pilots from essentially ALL airlines? Or JAL pilots? I can tell you from 27+ years as an airline pilot that the vast majority certainly do NOT blow off steam on a layover and/or ever push that 8 hour bottle to throttle limit. Most are simply too aware that their careers are at stake, at the very least. I would say, however, it's probably true that many will have a beer or two, or a glass or two of wine, but that's generally it.

I thought that movie was anomaly, turns out it is not.

Your initial thought WAS correct. That movie was a total anomaly. Do not believe otherwise.

Originally Posted by KC911 (Post 10267904)

Somebody please photoshop a 12-pack in his hand ;)....

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10269385)

Because of this issue, JAL has now instituted a 24 hour bottle to throttle policy, which is the strictest in the industry.

Originally Posted by porsche4life (Post 10269549)

To me that says this is not an isolated incident.....

Originally Posted by 450knotOffice (Post 10269316)

As an additional note, I believe that the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) BAC limit is .02, so this guy would've been at nearly 10 times the limit for pilots.

Originally Posted by speeder (Post 10268263)

He basically did not have enough blood in his alcohol stream.