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Mxsmanic
April 16th 07, 04:12 AM
Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't snorting
cocaine in the cockpit. See

http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html

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Bertie the Bunyip
April 16th 07, 10:35 AM
On Apr 16, 6:12 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
> Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't snorting
> cocaine in the cockpit. See
>
> http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html
>
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gatt
April 16th 07, 07:36 PM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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> On Apr 16, 6:12 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
>> Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't
>> snorting
>> cocaine in the cockpit. See
>>
>> http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html
>>
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Question: Has cocaine use ever been implicated in an commercial or air
transport crash?

-c
(I don't think the immediate use would be a problem, but the longer-term
effects on personality and performance habits might....paranoia,
overconfidence, etc.)

Darkwing
April 16th 07, 09:27 PM
"gatt" > wrote in message
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>
> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> On Apr 16, 6:12 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
>>> Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't
>>> snorting
>>> cocaine in the cockpit. See
>>>
>>> http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
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>
> Question: Has cocaine use ever been implicated in an commercial or air
> transport crash?
>
> -c
> (I don't think the immediate use would be a problem, but the longer-term
> effects on personality and performance habits might....paranoia,
> overconfidence, etc.)
>

Yep, drug planes used to go down all the time! Ever seen Blow? Haha!

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JGalban via AviationKB.com
April 16th 07, 10:09 PM
gatt wrote:
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>Question: Has cocaine use ever been implicated in an commercial or air
>transport crash?
>

Yes. Jan. 19th 1988 Durango CO. A Trans-Colorado Airlines Fairchild Metro.


http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X24878&key=1

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Mike Hunt
April 18th 07, 12:49 AM
gatt wrote:

> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>
>>On Apr 16, 6:12 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
>>
>>>Lately they've been giving aviation a bad name. At least he wasn't
>>>snorting
>>>cocaine in the cockpit. See
>>>
>>>http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/pilot.cocaine/index.html
>>>
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>>>Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
>>
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>
>
> Question: Has cocaine use ever been implicated in an commercial or air
> transport crash?
>

Yes, and it was indicted too.

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