One Drink Too Many
 

Arabian Business report of an off duty pilot threatening to blow up plane. How did this manage to stay quiet?

https://www.arabianbusiness.com/trav...emirates-plane

No, no, no, Sir, you are mistaken, they would never drink alcohol, would they?

More likely that this particular hero doesn't have sufficient Wasta to be able to follow the age old tradition in the sandpit which is that IF you have enough clout, or friends in low places, then some things simply 'didn't happen'.

I saw quite a lot of things out there that I was obviously mistaken about and didn't really see what I know thought I saw.... because they 'didn't happen'. I must have been drinking!

CS

Emirati Pilot means someone with a pilots license....maybe not even employed as a professional pilot. Professional drone or ultra light pilot maybe..who knows.

Yes, correct.
Just like Catholics all go to church every Sunday, do not eat meat on Friday, have sex only to procreate, etc.

It stayed quiet because:

• The captain, FO aren't part of the pprune community and probably whoever they talked to aren't part of pprune community
• The cabin crew aren't part of pprune and whoever they talked with aren't part of pprune community
• The passengers around the Emirati aren't part of pprune and/or couldn't be bothered
• The staff of EK here aren't social enough to know the crew working that flight and hence no information

hmm...or it stayed quiet because:

• The Flight deck and cabin crew on that flight aren't members of pprune and hence didn't post
• The flight deck and cabin crew don't have any mates, who they may have shared this information with, who are part of the pprune community
• The EK specific crew here on pprune don't socialise much with their fellow members and/or didn't know any of the crew members from that flight in question

Think I'd be a little more concerned with the drinking habits closer to home than someone who, in all probability, doesn't even work for EK.

Couple of our fellow colleagues have recently 'left the business' due to positive tests, so please be careful as it's zero tolerance.

12 hours may NOT be enough.....

Harry

Why risk everything for a drink 24 hours before any duty.

in my opinion 8 Hrs from bottle to throttle is not enough ,i am not sure if EK apply the 12 Hrs rule , why risk every thing just for the sake of it!
drink on your days off only !

There seems to be a general misunderstanding by some about BAC and alcohol metabolism rates.

It doesn't matter who you are (eg. short, tall, fat, skinny, bald, not bald, male, female, "transgender"), everyone metabolizes alcohol at the same rate of approximately 0.016 per hour (may vary between 0.015-0.020 depending on various individual characteristics). Some very simple math can then be applied to figure out how long it will take to bring your BAC to the acceptable level. If you are twice the legal drinking limit (eg. 0.08) when you stop consuming alcohol, it will take approximately 10 hours to get to zero. However, It is possible to never get to 0 as the body can naturally produce alcohol that will show up in the blood. That is why the UK limit is 0.02.

The above mentioned variables do affect 3 things:

1. How quickly one's BAC increases
2. How much one's BAC increases from a given volume of alcohol
3.How one "feels" due to a given BAC

However, once someone stops drinking, their body will reduce its' BAC at a constant rate of approx. 0.016 per hour. It should be mentioned that there is a variance to this figure but it applies only to heavy drinkers and individuals with specific physical conditions. The science behind this can be easily researched online.

To be clear, a short while after you stop drinking, your body will achieve its peak BAC. The level varies according to gender, weight, and other factors, however, there is nothing you can do to "speed" up the reduction of this BAC. Therefore, the only reliable way to know when you will be "ok" for your next duty with respect to BAC is to breathalyze yourself approximately 30-60 minutes after you stop drinking and do the math. Err on the low metabolism rate if you want to be extra safe.

So what will happen to this gentleman?

The players in the "G wagon" incident were too far up the equality chain to ever be touched legally so that outcome was a forgone conclusion. However in this case, and since this gentleman is a pilot carrying and Emirati passport, and given that aviation in the UAE is such an important part of the economy and development of the country, and that this incident may have embarrassed the country, I'd expect that there may be some influence by Sheik Mo that he spend some time reading the Quo-ran about the evils of alcohol as a "guest of the state". My guess is a year...with a pardon next Ramadan.