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I never knew that about German regs.

Trust me: there are many activities in life which the consumption of a tall HB Munchener Pilsen does not inhibit, makes tolerable, or even enhances. Such as, for example, sitting on a deck chair, painting the bedroom, or watching a ball game.

But flying ain't one of those activities. I need every last synapse I've got for the simultaneous physical and mental coordination that comes with flying. And double that for IFR operations. To say nothing of the paranoia that would result from always questioning whether you forgot anything due to the chemical state. To an even greater degree than operating a car, flying is incredibly intolerant "of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect" as an old poster I have says-- and the difference is, one might get away with operating a vehicle over the legal limit, and escape the reach of both good sense and the law, but operating an airplane while intoxicated, well, it's hard to escape the iron laws of physics, which usually sentence the pilot to pushing up daisies.

Except, of course, in Ag flying. (Just kidding, you crop dusters!)