Pilot jailed (alcoholism & pilots)

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Drunks

Originally Posted by Another Number

Maybe "alcoholics" cannot be reformed.

Originally Posted by Another Number

There are enough evidence from medical records indicating that the disease can be controlled. Yet, since it is caused by a particular "genetic wiring" of the brain, such individuals (alcoholics) will never be considered "cured."
Like diabetes and hypertension, alcoholism is a "controllable" disease.

Who'd want them in really important roles.

There are a few individuals who managed to stop drinking and went on to live and work as "normal" people. Not all ex-drunks, obviously, would be able to take charge of anything important.



You'd never give the keys to the Oval Office to a "reformed drunk", now would you!

Well, Mr. Bush Junior is there, isn't he?
What about the keys given to the late Dick Nixon?

That would be ridiculous, putting a "reformed drunk" in charge of the goddam planet!

The oval office is not in control of the planet; it tries to, but without any effective success.



BTW: This talk of so & so times the legal limit ... was this from a reporter? What's the legal limit in the country in question!?

As per company policy and the countrie's laws, the legal limit is ZERO. Apparently, in the UK, there is a limit of some 20 micrograms per a certain amount of blood, as I was told.