Originally Posted by bjcc
Whats more interesting is the statement says he's due to appear in Court on Monday.
Normaly, people are bailed for up to 6 weeks for samples to be anyalised.....
I'm not sure how testing works with aircrew, but with drivers, they are breathalysed at the roadside (incidentally our breath test units ask when being powered up if they are for use by aircrew). If the person fails at the roadside, they are arrested on SUSPICION of having more than the permitted level of alcohol in their breath. The reason why it's suspicion is because the roadside units are not as accurate as the station breath test machine. Thus they are then taken to the station and tested there. It is the results from that machine which are used to decide if to charge, the lowest reading being used. Only if there is a valid reason not to give a breath sample or a problem with the equipment can they go to blood which is then sent off to be analysed. But for road traffic and railway offences, the result of the station breath test procedure is sufficient without a need to go to blood.