According to our company info the rule in the Norway is that you have to be at the 0.02 limit 8 hours before your duty starts which is a rather different regulation to the other countries.
That puts a different slant on it. Matesmann, care to comment?
That is BS.
The LAW, as in "Lov om luftfart", translation: The Aviation Law §6-11 and 6-12 outlines the limits in Norway. It includes ban on medications that adversely affect you as well as fatigue/unfit to fly.
The limits regarding alcohol in 6-11 are simple, plain and completely void of any interpretation:
You are under the influence when you:
-Have a blood alcohol level of 0.02 or an amount of alcohol in your body that will cause that level, or
-A concentration of alcohol in your exhaled breath of 0.1mg
pr liter air.
6-12 goes on to define that you cannot use substances (basically the ones already covered in 6-11) in the 8 hrs before duty. The ban also extends to 6 hrs after duty if you are aware of the possibility of an police investigation regarding the duty performed by the pilot.
The crew chapter of the law (Norwegian)
Drunk driving and drunk flying is punished by (among other things) prison in Norway, because of the damage potential.
The law states: If you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or have broken the rules in 6-12, the punishment IS jail in up to 2 years.
The punishment chapter of the law (Norwegian)
To remand the accused is only common sense, since he must considered a flight risk.
And for all the talk about snitching bar maids and close calls for bodybuilders: The vast majority of the ones that police have stopped based on tips have been WAY over the limit.
I cannot se the incentive to "fight" the rules, they are basically the EASA ones........