Suspected drunk United Airlines pilot arrested at Heathrow

[NM]

From news.com.au

A UNITED Airlines pilot has been arrested on a plane at London's Heathrow airport on suspicion of being over the legal alcohol limit.

The airline said the 44-year-old pilot was removed from service and that said it would co-operate with police inquiries and was conducting its own investigation of the incident.

"At approximately 9am (7pm Sunday AEDT) on Sunday, officers attended an aircraft at Heathrow Terminal One and arrested a 44-year-old man,'' a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said.

 

[Mal]

Is anyone able to convert the following into something more readable for me:

The legal limit of alcohol for pilots is 9mcg per 100ml of breath, compared to the British drink-drive limit, which is 35mcg per 100ml of breath.

 

[nlagalle]

Is anyone able to convert the following into something more readable for me:

The legal limit of alcohol for pilots is 9mcg per 100ml of breath, compared to the British drink-drive limit, which is 35mcg per 100ml of breath.

hmm.. is that less than our standard of 0.05%?

in Australia it used to be 10 hours from your last drink til you flew or bottle to throttle, but it's all changing now. I always worked on being 0.00

 

[NYCguy]

I always worked on being 0.00

I would have thought that for all airline staff and airport security personnel a 0.00 limit would be a no-brainer!

 

[Mal]

I would have thought that for all airline staff and airport security personnel a 0.00 limit would be a no-brainer!

Hmm. Based on contact with some airline staff over the years, smoking illegal substances and drinking to all hours is par for the role...

 

[NM]

Is anyone able to convert the following into something more readable for me:

The legal limit of alcohol for pilots is 9mcg per 100ml of breath, compared to the British drink-drive limit, which is 35mcg per 100ml of breath.

Mal, the UK driving limit is 0.08% BAC, so can only assume 35mcg/100ml of breath is equiv to 0.08% BAC.