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Old 30th Dec 2014, 07:30
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Nikita81
 
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Having a beer or wine greater than 12 hours prior to duty is perfectly acceptable. It's been this way for many many years and 12 hours is plenty of time for the body to metabolize. Having a round of shooters just over the 12 hour limit and/or drinking excessively has always and will always be a problem. Don't be paranoid.

I certainly don't agree with this but 99% of us don't need to worry at all - it's those that drink daily and excessively.
Wine or beer is acceptable if it's not on a regular basis. Excessive drinking is always the problem, time limits play no part there as hangover can last for couple of days after drinking.

Alcohol is there for social gatherings and it is desirable to use it wisely. A glass or two are enough to have fun.

Problem is that Emirates do want to control private lives of their employees. I know a cabin crew who got sick, so he was called for a meeting and accused of "clubbing and drinking" and having hangover (that guy resigned soon after that and went for a medical treatment as he had some rare disease).

It's not an unusual thing for ground staff to come to work straight from parties and celebrations. They have no holidays and no weekends, working 12 hours daily and almost no social lives whatsoever. But they just have to tag bags ans smile. If they try to actually do their job and present first security check point and to care who is boarding planes, they will be discouraged or punished. It's a very different situation for pilots and cabin crews. At least it should be.

This rule would pass much easier if the company would just give its employees enough days off to socialize, go to clubbing, go out, drink with friends. But when employees don't have that, many anomalies will show up. Especially in bad working conditions and overall staff dissatisfaction. So, it's just another unwise pressure (probably religiously motivated) which will come back to hit the management in the head.

Edit:
And this "3rd party notifications for suspected drug or alcohol misuse" really opens up some space for suspicious activities and abuse.

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