Originally Posted by
Landflap
I agree with the Baby-boomers. Best days are well & truly over. We partied until we dropped but were very careful about the 8hr rule & mindful where it was 12. I and many others would declare a "stop drinking time" before we bust open the bar. Never had any issues.
Then you probably only got it half right. Every regulation and SOP I've ever seen didn't just specify a time limit, it also required one to not be "under the influence". If no BAC limit was published, that meant you had to be at a reading of zero to be legal. I'd hazard a guess there were a few occasions when you were above that.