Drunk Cabin Crew delay flight - arrested?!?

[witchiepoo]

Anyone know anything about this flight….somewhere in Scandinavia?!?

[NWCoast]

Originally Posted by witchiepoo

Anyone know anything about this flight….somewhere in Scandinavia?!?

AirSerbia OSL - BEG July 10th.

3 Cabin crew onboard, 1 arrested with a blood alcohol level of 1.0

Pax numbers reduced and flight departed with 2 cabin crew operating.

[meleagertoo]

For info, because I hadn't a clue what 1.0 means and I doubt many others do either;

BAC level 1.0‰ BAC
Standard alcoholic drinks Five
Typical general effects Clear deterioration of reaction time and control, slurred speech, poor coordination, slowed thinking

[netstruggler]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

For info, because I hadn't a clue what 1.0 means and I doubt many others do either;

BAC level 1.0‰ BAC
Standard alcoholic drinks Five
Typical general effects Clear deterioration of reaction time and control, slurred speech, poor coordination, slowed thinking

I think the UK limit for driving a car would be 0.8% on that scale.

[Snyggapa]

Originally Posted by netstruggler

I think the UK limit for driving a car would be 0.8% on that scale.

I think you are out by a factor of 10 here - 0.08%

So having a BAC of 1.0% is actually "quite merry" if my maths are right...

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Snyggapa

I think you are out by a factor of 10 here - 0.08%

So having a BAC of 1.0% is actually "quite merry" if my maths are right...

It's 50 times the Norwegian limit (0.02%) for aircrew.

[netstruggler]

Originally Posted by Snyggapa

I think you are out by a factor of 10 here - 0.08%

So having a BAC of 1.0% is actually "quite merry" if my maths are right...

Sorry yes. I was thinking the limit was 80mg / litre rather than per 100ml.

[NOC40]

Originally Posted by Snyggapa

I think you are out by a factor of 10 here - 0.08%

So having a BAC of 1.0% is actually "quite merry" if my maths are right...

But I think 1.0 BAC is 1 per 1000, ie 0.1%. 0.4% is considered fatal

[grizzled]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

For info, because I hadn't a clue what 1.0 means and I doubt many others do either;

BAC level 1.0‰ BAC
Standard alcoholic drinks Five
Typical general effects Clear deterioration of reaction time and control, slurred speech, poor coordination, slowed thinking

No, there is confusion here regarding the decimal point. The number of drinks and the effects you mention would be associated with a BAC of .1%, not 1%. With a BAC of 1% most people are comatose.

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by grizzled

No, there is confusion here regarding the decimal point. The number of drinks and the effects you mention would be associated with a BAC of .1%, not 1%. With a BAC of 1% most people are comatose.

Ah, not comatose - dead. I doubt even a hard core alcoholic would survive a 1.0% blood alcohol content.

[grizzled]

Originally Posted by tdracer

Ah, not comatose - dead. I doubt even a hard core alcoholic would survive a 1.0% blood alcohol content.

tdr, I agree. I originally intended to write "dead", then found many cases (via google) wherein people have survived with a BAC well over 1%. But I'm sure you're correct for most cases. Maybe a good way to describe the effects of 1% BAC would be "at best comatose, very likely dead". In any case, the above mentioned crew member was most likely measured as ".1%" in which case the person was clearly intoxicated.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by NOC40

But I think 1.0 BAC is 1 per 1000, ie 0.1%. 0.4% is considered fatal

BAC (blood alcohol content/concentration) is a dimensionless quantity, usually expressed as a ratio or percentage.

So while a BAC of 1 in 1000 (i.e. 0.1%) makes sense, simply quoting BAC = 1.0 is meaningless.

[bobbytables]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

For info, because I hadn't a clue what 1.0 means and I doubt many others do either;

BAC level 1.0‰ BAC
Standard alcoholic drinks Five
Typical general effects Clear deterioration of reaction time and control, slurred speech, poor coordination, slowed thinking

many preceding posters have failed to pay close attention to the symbol after the 1.0 in the above-quoted post. It is a per mille symbol, not a percent symbol, where mille means thousand.

1.0‰ blood alcohol is 0.1% blood alcohol.

carry on…