The “problem” is that the drink/fly limit is a ¼ of the drink/drive limit, that being 20mg instead of 80mg.
This is a seriously small amount of alcohol, the ruling is no alcohol 10hrs before a duty, but this isn’t enough in my opinion. How “much” alcohol before 10hrs?
Personally after a long day I come home and have a small glass of wine, taking into account my next duty time, I won’t have this if I am within 12hrs of a duty. The problem comes in people’s metabolic rate in ridding the blood of alcohol, you only need 2 pints or so 10hrs before and you could still have 20mg in your blood come duty time. Are you drunk? No, are you mentally impared? No, are you a risk? No, but that’s the rules, and it’s a sensible one.
The only true way of not being over this minute limit is not to drink at all, we know the rules, it’s up to us to ensure we are within the guidelines. The only way to do that is not to drink.
Sign In
