Originally Posted by
B Sousa
You may find this amazing, but more Helicopter accidents are caused by Sober Pilots than Drunks.
Northwest Airlines has a proven example of Pilots over the limit who skillfully made a few Instrument approaches only to be "outed" because of AIA (Alcohol Induced Attitude).
Back to the good old days..........No Drinking within 50' of the Aircraft.
1. I hope, that there are much more sober H/C-Pilots in the air than drunk ones..., so the statistic you mentioned is wrong!!
2. Did the Pilot made the approaches or the Autopilot????
skadi