Do I take it then that you are defending the use of recreational narcotics by pilots? I don't care if he had been flying since pontius was a pilot. And as to "only the engine was different", so what? accidents have been caused by unfamiliarity with individual aircraft of exactly the same type. I'm sorry, but I would never under any circumstanced condone drug or alcohol use by pilots, and I can only surmise that those who do are doing so from a sense of misguided loyalty. Since this seems to be the required response I will abort my comments here.