Back in the day
(or for many of the AMA members I should say
Not so long ago)
A cop pulled me over cause he saw me swiggin a beer as I drove down the hiway.
He asked how many I had, and I showed him the 6pack with 2 missing
... 1 in my hand, my buddy was drinking the other.
The cop asked where we were going, and when he heard we were headed to the gulf for some R&R
he made an official direction that we "Dont get any more till you get there. Have a nice day & dont litter them cans"
Were we Impaired? Not really, maybe later if we chugged the whole drives beers in just the first parrish.
Were we drinking while driving? yup
Or the time some MPs told me to follow their car back to my company AO,
and when I showed them I just had a couple beers they said to just be real careful and dont follow too closely.
I can see that Hoss is concerned that the simple
None For 8Hr
is now replaced with the difficult
Impaired determination by the CD.
S3 just mentioned some states BAC cutoff,
so how do CDs get this BAC number from an event pilot that had a 2beer lunch?
Surely we dont want to do the Beer Counter,
my mother takes a nap after 1/2 a beer
while a few of my friends are big ole cornfed boys that can handle a beer or 2 without any effect.
Original Aero-
In the first place any breathing human, warm and moving SHOULD KNOW if they are in good mental, and physical condition to operate machinery of any kind. SO, you would think that this rule is not needed in the Safety Code. On the other hand, there are humans that lack the distinction of clear though at times; so here comes the rule.
ahh, there in lies the rub: When drinking, your clarity of though is affected.
Only after we drop the keys a few times do we stop and realize,
hey... maybe I shouldnt drive home after all them beers