Am I being srupid here, but as someone who used to spend over 200 nights a year in hotels, does it not seem reasonable for a chap to have a few bevvies to help him sleep.
If a chap had no alcohol, and spent the whole night tossing and turning, with little sleep, is there some gizmo they could stick in his mouth to tell them he wasn't fit to fly? Of course not.
Please can we try to be reasonable about this and not be beholden to the thought police. I fully appreciate that we do not want pilots who are 'drunk' flying, but there must be a middle ground here somewhere?
CB