DUI and pilot career?
02-02-2007, 11:44 AM
#31
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haah Almost forget
02-02-2007, 12:16 PM
#32
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WTF?! I hope it was a sarcastic comment (although not funny), because otherwise it would be the most retarded post I've read here.
02-02-2007, 02:53 PM
#33
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You need to read more of this forum and you will find many more retarded posts.
02-02-2007, 07:17 PM
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Had a friend get a "DUI"...he never blew so he went directly to jail, license suspended for the requisite year, blah blah blah. First thing he did the next day (when we bailed him out) was get a lawyer. Lawyer did "something" and he went to some classes, did some community service, bummed rides for a year and got hired on at XJT. Turns out that refusing to take the breathalyzer was the smarttest thing he ever did. I went to his initial meeting with the lawyer and was impressed. Apparently you cannot find the term "DUI" anywhere on his record. Tell the guy to stop drinking and driving and find a good lawyer.
Everyone makes mistakes. I do not condone D&D but it happens. Learn from it and move on. He was lucky he didn't kill anyone. That thought alone keeps most people from doing it.
Everyone makes mistakes. I do not condone D&D but it happens. Learn from it and move on. He was lucky he didn't kill anyone. That thought alone keeps most people from doing it.
02-02-2007, 07:45 PM
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I think folks who get even one DUI get what they deserve. HOWEVER...I think the standards for a DUI are ridiculous... .08 is not significantly impaired, I can drive FAR better at .08 than some sober chick in an SUV who's doing her makeup, talking on her cell phone, and weaving in and out of traffic with that left rear 25 psi low... 
You ought to be able to have 2-3 beers or wine over a long dinner and still drive home legally.
Maybe it ought to be legal up to .10, then maybe mandatory councilling for .11-.12 But if you drive totally obliterated, go directly to jail, for at least a year.
And for those of you who don't drink that's great, but please don't ******* with those of us who do
You ought to be able to have 2-3 beers or wine over a long dinner and still drive home legally.Maybe it ought to be legal up to .10, then maybe mandatory councilling for .11-.12 But if you drive totally obliterated, go directly to jail, for at least a year.
And for those of you who don't drink that's great, but please don't ******* with those of us who do
my wife's coworker (she's a prosecutor) did what is called a wet lab where you basically drink and blow into a Breathalizer every hour or so. it took him over 14 beers to reach the .08BAC. he knew far before he reached the legal limit that he should be nowhere near a moving vehicle.
are you saying that you can drink a 12-pack in short order and still be good to drive a vehicle, or control something in 3 dimensions that's moving 320kts?
it's people like you that make responsible drinkers shake their heads in shame.
02-02-2007, 08:29 PM
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have you ever tested to find out how much it takes to get to .08BAC?
my wife's coworker (she's a prosecutor) did what is called a wet lab where you basically drink and blow into a Breathalizer every hour or so. it took him over 14 beers to reach the .08BAC. he knew far before he reached the legal limit that he should be nowhere near a moving vehicle.
are you saying that you can drink a 12-pack in short order and still be good to drive a vehicle, or control something in 3 dimensions that's moving 320kts?
it's people like you that make responsible drinkers shake their heads in shame.
my wife's coworker (she's a prosecutor) did what is called a wet lab where you basically drink and blow into a Breathalizer every hour or so. it took him over 14 beers to reach the .08BAC. he knew far before he reached the legal limit that he should be nowhere near a moving vehicle.
are you saying that you can drink a 12-pack in short order and still be good to drive a vehicle, or control something in 3 dimensions that's moving 320kts?
it's people like you that make responsible drinkers shake their heads in shame.
02-02-2007, 08:40 PM
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tell him to apply at Cape Air, they'll hire him.
other than that wait 5 years, he should be good to go.
I've heard that to fly in Canada it's 10 years, but I may be wrong on that.
other than that wait 5 years, he should be good to go.
I've heard that to fly in Canada it's 10 years, but I may be wrong on that.
02-02-2007, 11:06 PM
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have you ever tested to find out how much it takes to get to .08BAC?
my wife's coworker (she's a prosecutor) did what is called a wet lab where you basically drink and blow into a Breathalizer every hour or so. it took him over 14 beers to reach the .08BAC. he knew far before he reached the legal limit that he should be nowhere near a moving vehicle.
are you saying that you can drink a 12-pack in short order and still be good to drive a vehicle, or control something in 3 dimensions that's moving 320kts?
it's people like you that make responsible drinkers shake their heads in shame.
my wife's coworker (she's a prosecutor) did what is called a wet lab where you basically drink and blow into a Breathalizer every hour or so. it took him over 14 beers to reach the .08BAC. he knew far before he reached the legal limit that he should be nowhere near a moving vehicle.
are you saying that you can drink a 12-pack in short order and still be good to drive a vehicle, or control something in 3 dimensions that's moving 320kts?
it's people like you that make responsible drinkers shake their heads in shame.
The CONSERVATIVE view is that 1 drink (1 beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 shot of something) equals .02 in your blood stream. Your body will process (pis*) .02 per hour. So, in one hour that is 4 drinks to get .08. If you pis* at the end of the hour, in theory you have .06. Play with the figures.
If you drank anything for 14 hours straight you would be unconscious and puking your brains out all over the nurse in the ER. Your BAC would be off the charts, .2+
http://www.lcb.state.pa.us/plcb/lib/plcb/alcoholed/bac_(male)3.jpg
http://www.drinkfocus.com/images/Han...n_bacChart.gif
http://healthyhorns.utexas.edu/education/bac.html
http://www.brad21.org/bac_charts.html
02-03-2007, 06:51 AM
#39
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All this advice is great...but the only one you should tell your student is "GET A LAWYER". I also hear gojet hired someone w/2 DWIs...so thats always a great option........
