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Old 18th Mar 2004, 07:16
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Paul, you're forgetting that there is no blood alcohol limit for flying (And to my knowledge no court has yet set a precedent). You just have to not be 'under the influence' - in practice that would probably be determined as 0.05. The aim of this sort of testing seems to be for chronic substance abuse, so it wouldn't necessarily be interested in a simple blood alcohol level (more like liver function etc).
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