SLC
I endorse what you say and I would love to see the expression on Dir MAA's face if a positive blood-alcohol test was found on ops (or anywhere else, for that matter). Darth Vader would have nothing on Timo.
Attitudes have become a lot more grown-up over the last decade. I recall p!ssed SH aircrew in Macedonia and Kosovo falling off stools in morning briefings and the rather embarrasing international incident of two F3 guys getting very p!ssed in Bahrain on a 'breather run' from PSAB. Contrast that with the behaviour of most aircrew and ground personnel in Bastion and KAF - mostly happy, getting on with the job in the near-complete absence of alcohol.
Mr Chinecap knows what he's talking about; who would tolerate a pissed squaddie on patrol or an armourer who's a bit 'tired and emotional' when uploading and fusing ordnance.