green granite
Yes, the findings of the Australian research were interesting.
The researchers examined and analysed the accident and incident database, looking at all occurrences in which drugs or alcohol was recorded between 1 January 1975 and 31 March 2006, to determine the prevalence and nature of drug and alcohol related accidents and incidents in Australian civil aviation.
The research found that, in just over
31 years, there were only
22 such instances.
I don't know how many flights were flown by Australian pilots in those 31 years but it must be hundreds of thousands - possibly millions.
It is, of course, essential to bear in mind:
- that not all those accidents and incidents (ie no accident) were caused either wholly or partly by pilot error;
and, even if they were caused wholly or partly by pilot error,
- that it does it does not necessarily follow that alcohol played any part whatsoever in the error.
FL