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Alcohol

Effects​

  • Alcohol can impair
    • Coordination
    • Judgment
    • Vision
    • Reaction time

Regulations​

14 CFR Part 91.17 states:

  • No person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft:
    • Within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage
    • While under the influence of alcohol
    • While using any drug that affects the person's faculties in any way contrary to safety
    • While having an alcohol concentration of 0.04% or greater in a blood or breath specimen
  • Except in an emergency, no pilot of a civil aircraft may allow a person who appears to be intoxicated or who demonstrates by manner or physical indications that the individual is under the influence of drugs (except a medical patient under proper care) to be carried in that aircraft.