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    Glen of Australia

    October 27, 2016

    I was reading the other day about an Emirates pilot who was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol and the flight was held in Perth while another pilot was found. In the same article it was mentioned that Emirates have a restriction of 0.04 with no alcohol intake for the 8 hours prior to flying. This seemed really odd to me because with a reading of 0.04 there would be no guarantee that alcohol was not consumed within the preceding 8 hour period.
    Are there any airlines with a zero tolerance for pilots, i.e. 0.00 blood alcohol content (BAC)?

    Editors' Comment

    That's a good question and we are sure there probably are. It's up to the airlines to broadcast this information though.