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Drunk Pilots / Drunk Drivers
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=8736460
The pilots who drank somewhere around the equivalent of 15 12 ounce beers between them starting at 11:00 PM and ending at 4:00 AM may have had a night of heavy drinking, but I wouldn't call that unheard-of. Happens all the time, I believe. The bar manager testified that they didn't even appear drunk. They were still legally drunk midmorning the next day? Wow! I think that bartenders shouldn't only be asking heavy-drinking patrons if they're going to be driving home that night. They should be asking heavy-drinking patrons if they plan on going to work the next day. I think that a bartender who serves a person that many drinks that late at night should actually have to inform them that they will be considered legally intoxicated until well into the next day. In this case, at around beer 10 the bartender should have stopped and said "Gentlemen, it is my duty to inform you that if you continue to drink alcohol it is likely that you will be considered by the State of Florida to be legally intoxicated until well into the workday tomorrow and you will be advised to not operate a motor vehicle until a time during the day tomorrow where your BAC percentage falls safely below the legal limit." |
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> The job is bartender, not drunk-sitter.
I guess.... but in this case that bartender served them all 15 of those drinks and carefully kept the tally to present them with a bill at the end of the night. God only knows how many free shots he threw their way. I agree that people need to be held accountable for their actions, but these guys didn't drive home that night and they got a full night's sleep before doing anything. Some reports say that they're BAC wasn't tested until 3 hours after they're flight was scheduled to take off which would mean that they were still legally drunk into the next afternoon.... Do you believe that the bar shouldn't bear any responsibility for these events? |
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> I know that I shouldn't drive for about 1 hr / drink, and using that
> rule I've never had a DUI. It's not that tough... A 200 pound man should be able to drink 9 drinks in 6 hours and still have a BAC under the legal limit in Florida. Most people would consider going out and drinking 9 drinks in an all-night drinking session to be a real bender. Factually speaking, many people can do this in Florida and never register a BAC high enough to prohibit them from driving legally. As a poster who happens to be a 200+ pound male, I would have thought that if I were to go out and drink 15 drinks in a long drinking session and were to then sleep for 6+ hours, I would, upon waking, be sober enough to drive (legally speaking). It looks like I was probably correct. Since I have no desire to test this theory, I may never know for sure. I'm not arguing for leniency for the pilots - My interest was piqued about the topic of next morning drunken driving and I thought I'd weigh in. |
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> Oh BS. If you get drunk, it's YOUR fault not the bartenders.
Ok, what have you done with Judy? > I'm not a criminal coddler like you republicans. Oh, there you are. |
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