...because some countries' drinking habits are different.
For example what is a difference if a friend tells you "let's go for a drink"
or "let's go to get drunk"

PS
By this I did not mention neither Finland nor Japan.

lomapaseo said:


More to the point, how can you out someone 13 months after a flight?

There's no blood or sobriety testing that can be done, so how can there be a case to answer - or a defence mounted - after so long?

Something certainly doesn't sound right.

:confused::confused:

Jerry, I think you missed the quote stating that the pilot 'allegedly' "admitted to drinking 9.5 hrs before duty, but later withdrew the admission."
The world's gone mad.

harsh punishment meted out
 

pretty harsh punishment for him:

ANA punishes pilot for drinking alcohol before flight

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 04:00 EST
TOKYO — All Nippon Airways Co said Monday it has disqualified an Airbus A320 captain from flight duties for drinking nine and a half hours before a flight in 2006 in violation of its in-house rules that prohibit crew members from drinking within 12 hours of a flight.


The 38-year-old captain was moved to ground duties Monday, ANA said, adding that it has given demotions, pay cuts and other punishments to three of his superiors, including Mitsuo Morimoto, executive vice president in charge of flight operations. ANA said that in September 2006 the captain drank alcoholic beverages at a hotel and other locations in Nagoya until around 10 p.m. one evening before flying the following day on a 7:25 a.m. flight from Nagoya to Niigata. He flew a total of four flights that day.


© 2007 Kyodo News. All rights reserved. No reproduction or republication without written permission.

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/421090

Im glad I'm an Engineer! Cheers to the next drink, see you in the morning!

Couple of things, I did not do the Human Performance and Limitations syllabus so the drinking thing was not covered during my training.
Secondly for mavrik1, you are lucky to be in OZ, unfortunately the Uk railways act which governs pilots in the Uk also governs engineers so it might catch up with you one day. Take care buddy and happy drinking while you can.

The Borg collective
 

Rule One: if you are going to break the rules, don't do it in Public.

Rule Two: Be carefull who you drink with:

Rule Three: If you think you think you are stilled pissed prior to going to work, go sick. A nasty email from the boss is better than losing your job, or worse!

"Secondly for mavrik1, you are lucky to be in OZ, unfortunately the Uk railways act which governs pilots in the Uk also governs engineers so it might catch up with you one day. Take care buddy and happy drinking while you can."

I think Mavrik is pulling your leg. There are strict rules about engineers coming to work under the influence of drugs and alcohol (at least in our company). We are not even supposed to come to work if we are overtired, let alone drunk/drugged. If we are involved an incident/accident, depending on the severity, we are escorted straight to the medical centre for blood tests.