"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 9:55:46 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 2:39:55 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 7:22:46 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > This is America. We barely care about drunk driving, as evinced by
> > > > our lenient drunk-driving laws.
> > >
> > > Lenient? Don't get caught DUI in Virginia.
> >
> > Virginia:
> >
> > Virginia categorizes a first DUI offense as a class 1 misdemeanor and
> > imposes a fine ranginging from $250 to $2,500. The law also imposes a
> > one-year license suspension. The punishment increases if you were
> > arrested
> > with a BAC of 0.15% or higher in which case your sentence may include a
> > minimum five-day jail sentence..
> >
> > Sweden:
> >
> > Surpassing the limit is a serious offence, fined with ‚¬500. Driving with
> > an alcohol rate over 0.12% is a crime (up to 6 months imprisonment and
> > license suspension up to 4 years). Sweden: 0.02% (up to 6 months
> > imprisonment), 0.10% (imprisonment, maximum 2 years).
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> If you're a commercial pilot who is drunk on the job - you get suspended
> for
> a year and you have to go get professional help. If you get caught the
> second time, the same thing happens. If you get caught the third time -
> you're grounded permanently.
>
> P.S.: We need self-driving cars.
> ------------------------
>
> Recently two pilots who were meant to be flying a jet from Glasgow to
> Toronto were reported for acting a bit drunk. They were arrested and held
> in custody before appearing court. I don't know what happened to them as
> I
> haven't kept up:
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...oo-drunk-to-f/
>
>
>

The planes pretty much could fly themselves but the trend in the industry is
to make them less autonomous. The newer planes are being built with controls
that require more human input and monitoring. Perhaps the older aircraft
have made the pilots feel superfluous - they can even fly them drunk. This
is assuming, of course, that they're not too drunk.

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Well I wouldn't be happy on a plane with drunk pilots and the law seems to
agree with me

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