Sorry to upset a few on here but if I fly my aircraft after drinking then it is the same as driving a car having a few in the pub.My risk!
When I pay for a bus,train or plane ticket then I pay for someone up front that can do the job and is not under the influence of drink or drugs.
Commercial pilots are like truck drivers..they are paid to do the job. They are also paid well just like politicians and exposed to the same risks of publicity and loss of employment if they mess up and the press find out. Commercial flying is no longer a gentlemens club as it was in the old days of BEA,BOAC and PAN-AMERICAN
When I fly my aircraft it's my machine and my risk and I am paying.
The moment I buy a ticket you are paid to fly me safely from A to B.
