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True, you cannot legislate common sense, and Boyer really likes to muddy
the waters. Saying that people drive drunk, or drive or fly drunk too does not change anything). Besides, I have seen boaters and auto drivers being given sobriety checks when they were pulled over. How often does that happen with pilots? It's called a "ramp check", and the FAA does them at airports regularly. In my ten years of flying, I've seen one pilot being given a breath test, and I've been ramp checked (although not "breath tested") myself. Given how little GA flying actually occurs anymore, that's an amazingly high percentage of flights being checked. (Or I'm just lucky.) In that same period of time I've NEVER seen a motorist being given a breath test, even though I've driven exponentially more than I've flown. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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That's what passes for 'Excellent Journalism' these days.
wrote in message oups.com... That article was so full of half-truths and outright distortions as to be laughable, |
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Generally well heeled: I don't think that is a huge leap. Wild Wild West,
well, I agree with that, as does my pilot friend who cannot operate the GPS (still!). As do many of your fellow pilots, judging by this news group.... |
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Who administered the breath test to the pilot?
I'm not really suggesting it is needed before each flight (except maybe in Orville's case, who also needs a random pee test), I'm just suggesting that standards to obtain your ticket should be much tougher than they are now. And, a standard annual drug test should be required -- that is a no brainer. |
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An annual drug test would do nothing. Any druggie knows to cut it out for a
few days when you have to take a whiz-quiz. "Skylune" wrote in message lkaboutaviation.com... Who administered the breath test to the pilot? I'm not really suggesting it is needed before each flight (except maybe in Orville's case, who also needs a random pee test), I'm just suggesting that standards to obtain your ticket should be much tougher than they are now. And, a standard annual drug test should be required -- that is a no brainer. |
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ET wrote
Ah, your in the wrong thread, this belongs in the "Troll of the year award" thread. And perhaps your's belongs in the English Challenged thread! "You're" is the correct contraction for "you are". Bob Moore |
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Well then the hair test s/b administered.
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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
The piece is obviously a hit piece and worthless as objective reporting. What's "objective reporting"? I've never heard of that before... -m -- ## Mark T. Dame ## VP, Product Development ## MFM Software, Inc. (http://www.mfm.com/) "In accord with UNIX philosophy, Perl gives you enough rope to hang yourself." -- Programming perl, Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz |
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Skylune wrote:
I'm not really suggesting it is needed before each flight (except maybe in Orville's case, who also needs a random pee test), I'm just suggesting that standards to obtain your ticket should be much tougher than they are now. And, a standard annual drug test should be required -- that is a no brainer. Only if the same is required for your driver's license. -m -- ## Mark T. Dame ## VP, Product Development ## MFM Software, Inc. (http://www.mfm.com/) "All your base are belong us!!" |
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Bob Moore wrote in
. 121: ET wrote Ah, your in the wrong thread, this belongs in the "Troll of the year award" thread. And perhaps your's belongs in the English Challenged thread! "You're" is the correct contraction for "you are". Bob Moore So the spelling and grammer police have nothing to do today eh??? git a live! yes I did it on porpose... yeah that one two.., oh, and that one -- -- ET :-) "A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."---- Douglas Adams |
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