I surmise CAMI may commission a study to test the airmens theory.
Take 10 non drinkers (test etg beforehand), serve them the exact same meal from the same restaurant, and test etg levels the next morning. Would be interesting as to the results.
I did just notice something interesting. The pilot cited as a signatory appears to have had his pilots certificates revoked. Something isn’t adding up…
The criminal world operates off of - Reasonable Doubt is innocence
The FAA is operating off of by their own admission in briefs - Reasonable Doubt is Guilt
Perhaps the FAA could require an ankle alcohol monitor? Would be actually science based. Sure would take a lot of the guesswork out of when the alcohol in question was consumed.
https://www.scramsystems.com/monitoring/scram-continuous-alcohol-monitoring/
The question being, what % of the non hims pilot population would test positive for alcohol dependence if this test were required as part of a standard medical?
I’d recommend putting lessons on hold to minimize money spent. There is a significant chance they could make you see a HIMS Psychiatrist & Psychologist, the hole 9
yards and $$$. That could take over a year…
The point being someone should be held accountable for making a wrong call, and dragging their feet. Such a case could have been easily resolved in a month or two. Instead the Federal Air Surgeon did what bureaucrats do and dragged their feet for two years.
The law needs to be changed to require FAA decisions to be handled in the regular civilian federal court system. No other govt agency gets away with such a lack of evidence and impunity, and has the ability to take away someone’s livelihood in a millisecond.
Just do a search for “Operation Safe Pilot” and you’ll see that this a bad idea. Don’t have the threat of bracelets that connect hanging over your head!
In my state that legalized medical marijuana, drive by clinics opened up all over the place with quack doctors that handed out medical marijuana cards like candy. Really not that an unusual situation whatsoever.
By the name contained in the article, this appears to be the pilot in question. Medical is expired and no basic med. I don’t believe an RV-6A qualifies for sport pilot. This pilot seems to have been operating illegally without a valid medical.