There was a several year period in my life when I rarely consumed alcohol OUT of uniform.
And I have a pretty good idea where you were doing that.
There was a several year period in my life when I rarely consumed alcohol OUT of uniform.
5) spending lots of time on the road bored out of your skull. (Probably a combination of the above.)I don't know that there are necessarily more drunk pilots, but people are starting to notice more often and taking the risk of speaking up.
As far as alcoholism in the airline industry...it shouldn't be particularly surprising:
1) spending a lot of time with new people for several days at a time. Alcohol is a natural social lubricant.
2) spending time away from home and family; stress on family and relationships
3) self medicating for depression; actually treating depression is medically grounding
4) self medicating for trouble sleeping.
I think you just offended a bunch of Mooneys...Many planes have them. The Mooney does, they're just much smaller
That's precisely why alcohol shouldn't be legal.
And what uniform would that be ?There was a several year period in my life when I rarely consumed alcohol OUT of uniform.
There's no such thing as a marijuana blackout, so even if marijuana becomes problematic for an individual it's less of a threat to the entire community.
Well.....how bout your airline captains uniform , leave your hat in the car and wear your black lite weight uniform raincoat which is or was plain. Stop in for a "night cap" or three on the way home?And what uniform would that be ?
Well.....how bout your airline captains uniform , leave your hat in the car and wear your black lite weight uniform raincoat which is or was plain. Stop in for a "night cap" or three on the way home?
Sac, you are a tool.There was a several year period in my life when I rarely consumed alcohol OUT of uniform.
Definitely not Airline.And what uniform would that be ?
Oh but it WAS airline! It was Eastern Airlines,NYC, in the 80sDefinitely not Airline.
And what uniform would that be ?
Yeah, what was surprising to me was guys still drinking Bud when you could get German beer a bit cheaper, higher alcohol content, and better tasting. When I was there in the 70s .25 for German, .30 for Bud.
But yeah, a lot of drinking. We even had an all ranks club so you had officers and enlisted getting drunk together.
Ya might wanna rephrase that. Nttiawwtafter I came back to the States, it was a long time until I could touch a Bud or a Miller.
Yeah, what was surprising to me was guys still drinking Bud when you could get German beer a bit cheaper, higher alcohol content, and better tasting. When I was there in the 70s .25 for German, .30 for Bud.
But yeah, a lot of drinking. We even had an all ranks club so you had officers and enlisted getting drunk together.
Heck, you can go into any bar here in the US that has dozens of craft beers on tap or in bottles and bubba still has to drink his Bud.
Yeah, my son is like that, except it's Bud Light.![]()
Deleted....There was a several year period in my life when I rarely consumed alcohol OUT of uniform.
Army. Just like every other junior enlisted GI in Germany, the minute evening formation broke we all scrambled for the bars on the strasse.
Gross bier bitte... been there!Army. Just like every other junior enlisted GI in Germany, the minute evening formation broke we all scrambled for the bars on the strasse.
German beer is even good at room temperature.Me too. I was there in the '80's, prices were a little higher. I got spoiled on German beer, and after I came back to the States, it was a long time until I could touch a Bud or a Miller.
German beer is even good at room temperature.
German beer is even good at room temperature.
And makes it so much easier for the government to control a population. Plus there's that whole tax revenue thing too.
You spout off without any reasoning. When the coke craze was big, club 54 in NYC was not filled with poor people but rather the elite, as were many clubs like it. Many many wealthy were arrested after coming " down town" to get their fix. Drugs and booze cross all lines in great numbers. Common knowledge. Has nothing to do with " welfare queens " etc.doctors and nurses are a prime example of good incomes and drug, alchol abuse. On and on. Our economy is doing very well compared to 2006-2008! In fact it's astounding after what Wall Street did and got away with! it's the same old story when big money rules....privatize profits...socialize losses.For the most part the heavy drug use goes along with chit economies, with no apparent light at the end of the tunnel, I mean why not do crack or whatever, or smoke weed with every buck you have when there seems nothing better to aspire to, or at least when you look around your community.
Laws, or lack there of, could never make one hundredth the number of drug ABUSERS, when compared to the hopelessness of failed economies and runaway socialism.
You spout off without any reasoning. When the coke craze was big, club 54 in NYC was not filled with poor people but rather the elite, as were many clubs like it. Many many wealthy were arrested after coming " down town" to get their fix. Drugs and booze cross all lines in great numbers. Common knowledge. Has nothing to do with " welfare queens " etc.
This is true and any sane person who has a modicum of knowledge about booze and drugs knows this. An example would be my nephew who graduated from unv Maryland on the dens list plus excellent private prep school. Good athlete, had a good solid business going , married, got into "recreational" coke " just on weekends"Addiction has no boundaries and substances come in many price ranges.
Addiction has no boundaries and substances come in many price ranges.
That's not been my experience. I've spent a lot of time in Germany and never been served a warm beer. I'm naturally inclined to avoid GI hangouts so I'm not sure how I missed it.True, and if you get away from the GI bars, that's how it is generally served.