Originally Posted by
lambourne
FAA Limits mean nothing in AMS. You are governed by the country you are operating in for alcohol limits. Any US carrier that doesn’t know this should stay stateside.
This is not correct, FAA limits are still governing and effective for all US carriers operating anywhere in the world
It is true that local laws, by the governing aviation authority and civilian authorities also apply, you can’t ignore either of them
My point is, if the infraction for the pilot in question is considered so ‘minor’ by these local authorities that he could just pay a fine
and he was apparently under the FAA limit then I’m very curious as to how the airline will deal with it