Fun though it may be, I seriously cannot buy any of these arguments that suggest drinking alcohol makes one a beter operator or is essential to bonding with one;s squadron mates. The new limits are worrying and may well be inappropriate (I don't know), but the arguments put forward here are utter tosh.
I would really like two things: clear direction of when I can and cannot drink and some senior direction about how we are going to make this work and fit in with a normal social life.
Remember there is a difference between civ pilots that, in some cases, have a few days off at a time and mil pilots that may have a weekend, excluding other duties.
Above all, we need to be told exactly what rules we're required to work to and exactly what they mean in practical terms.
Fortunately for me the social life in the Mess has been beaten down to virtually nothing now anyway, so this is very unlikely to affect my bar time very much.