Originally Posted by Margarita
How many non muslim captain do you think PIA has?
I shouldn't imagine they have too many non-muslim, 59 year old FOs either. When I worked in Saudi Arabia it was muted that muslim sobriety was inversely proportional to distance from Mecca. I now live in a muslim country and alcoholism is rife here.
I'm often amused by protestations about precise alcohol limits and times 'bottle to throttle' etc. The way I see it: if a pilot has to worry about his own precise limit and how close he is to 'a line' - he has an alcohol problem and should address it.
Oh and yes, I had and I did and then enjoyed 12 years of completely 'sober' flying prior to my retirement without having to worry about such trivia.