Pilot, possibly intoxicated, flies around Philly for 3 hours

There is a lot of talk in the article about charging him DWI for driving
drunk on the highway. But there is no mention of the 0.04 and 8 hours
bottle-to-throttle rule. Is the FAA not planning to charge him with flying
drunk?

David Gunter wrote in news:m-ydnYFe9bJxeJrdRVn-
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Ugh!
-david

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/16/erratic.plane/index.html

or

http://snipurl.com/3v8l

(I prefer snipurl to other short-URL providers since one is never
directed to an advertisement but rather straight to the original link.)

"Judah" wrote in message
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| There is a lot of talk in the article about charging him DWI for driving
| drunk on the highway. But there is no mention of the 0.04 and 8 hours
| bottle-to-throttle rule. Is the FAA not planning to charge him with flying
| drunk?
|

Of course they will, as well as for violating class B airspace, refusing to
comply with ATC instructions, and reckless and dangerous operation of an
aircraft. The FAA does not move very rapidly, though, so it may be nearly
six months before the pilot gets a letter. The FAA may also propose an
emergency revocation of the pilot's medical certificate. I suspect that the
FAA may wait to see if the pilot reports his DWI within the mandatory time
limit. If he does not, then they will get him for that, too.

OK. The article said the FAA was going to cite him for busting the Class B
and that was it. Seemed to imply that there is no DWI limits on Pilot's
License.



"C J Campbell" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote in message
...
| There is a lot of talk in the article about charging him DWI for
| driving drunk on the highway. But there is no mention of the 0.04 and
| 8 hours bottle-to-throttle rule. Is the FAA not planning to charge him
| with flying drunk?
|

Of course they will, as well as for violating class B airspace,
refusing to comply with ATC instructions, and reckless and dangerous
operation of an aircraft. The FAA does not move very rapidly, though,
so it may be nearly six months before the pilot gets a letter. The FAA
may also propose an emergency revocation of the pilot's medical
certificate. I suspect that the FAA may wait to see if the pilot
reports his DWI within the mandatory time limit. If he does not, then
they will get him for that, too.

Judah wrote:

OK. The article said the FAA was going to cite him for busting the Class B
and that was it. Seemed to imply that there is no DWI limits on Pilot's
License.

Actually, it implies that he was not intoxicated.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

I should have spoke more clearly...

The article was pretty clear that the local cops did a Breathalyzer and
found his blood alcohol level at 0.13.

The article spends a great deal of time talking about how the local
police are trying to find a way to get him for drunk driving, but that
the drunk driving statute specifies "on a highway."

But the comment at the end of the article notes that the FAA indicated
his bust of the class B, and leaves a gaping wide hole when it comes to
DWI. The slant that I think they were going for is that they were trying
to imply that the FAA doesn't prosecute DWI.

Because it's media, it's all about the slant...

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in
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Judah wrote:

OK. The article said the FAA was going to cite him for busting the
Class B and that was it. Seemed to imply that there is no DWI limits
on Pilot's License.

Actually, it implies that he was not intoxicated.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually
said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...."