Intoxicated? Incident - Test or not and Why?
 

It is generally accepted that if you are intoxicated or have been deliberately misusing illegal substances as an athlete or a public transport operator eg. a taxi driver, you can expect to be tested to find out exactly how much of the performance altering substance either is or is not in your system and which may have fundamentally caused an advantage or error.

Should pilots be automatically tested following a serious incident - if only to exclude this element as a possible factor?

To test or not to test? and if not, why not?

DB :confused:

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It should be done to eliminate that as a factor following all incidents. As long as testing is done sympathetically after an accident, it shouldn't be an issue.

I was under the impression it already is done. When a stationary BA jumbo got clobbered by a Sri Lankan aircraft recently the BA crew were all tested despite clearly not being at fault.

What a waste of everyones time and money! How on earth does this testing take mankind any further forward? PC gone mad, again!:ugh:

It happens already in the UK. Try having anything other than a normal day and the thought/drug/booze police will be there.

Testing when there is "probable cause" is OK with me. Professional pilots ought to be ready for it. I expect a blood test in the event of a crash just to eliminate the possibility that I may be "impaired" by alcohol. It may be well argued that I am "impaired" by lack of alcohol, but that is a different story!!!

Being a certified "silly old bugger" now as I am over 60, I am very careful to not be over the prescribed BAC to fly.
I carry my own certified breath test machine and use it!!

Come on guy and girls, you always know if it's probable that you will be over .02.

So, I will report sick if I think that I will be over .02 at sign on - end of story. All the old hero stories of flying with spectacular hangovers etc. etc. are dopey **** and I am ashamed to add my name to the list - just stupid stuff. Don't do it!!! I will never do it again.