On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 7:30:17 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> 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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> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

The link had a funny title. It implies that pilots can still fly drunk but getting too drunk to fly will get you arrested in Scotland.