Thank you FL for bringing the subject back to rational and empirically based discussion rather than the emotive stuff that is so often seen when the words, “Pilot” and, “Alcohol” appear in the same sentence.
Asara has missed his vocation and would be better employed by a UK tabloid or a German picture weekly. He has a tenuous grasp of the situation.
There is massive evidence that as a cause of aircraft accidents, flown by professional pilots operating under an AOC or FAA regulatory Part, alcohol consumption is so inconsequential as to be statistically irrelevant.
The resources that are already put into alcohol abuse of pilots would save more lives if it was redirected into fatigue issues, maintenance oversight and operational discipline.
There is no problem about professional pilots and alcohol from a flight safety point of view. In a multi crew environment it is detected by the other crew. The self policing works. However from a socially divisive, media driven aspect, it is becoming a nuisance.
I am appalled that even pilots themselves suggest that random testing should be brought into aviation. Do you honestly believe that your profession is so degraded that you need a jobsworth to tell you if you are competent?