Day after a dining in night "down south" I was woken unreasonably early to be told that we were flying, as both F3 were u/s and there was a QRA based alert on (C 130 launch on QRA?????????). It was a planned day off, and the powers knew that we were dining -in because they were equally plastered at 2 AM. I rolled into work and point blank refused to fly. OC ops wasnt to happy, but didnt push the issue. Only thing that worried me was the willingness of others to appease him while being considerably worse for wear than I was.
Secondly, I am sure a medic will fill in the gaps, but if I have 4 pints(for example), at lunchtime on Sunday, how much of that alchol is in my system at noon the next day.? If it is zero, then a 24 hour rule is unenforcable anyway.