Author Topic: Stupid Stupid Stupid Pilots! (Read 790 times)

Sandman · « **on:** July 02, 2002, 12:00:42 AM »

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=4&cid=578&u=/nm/20020701/ts_nm/crime_pilots_dc_5

Un-shrecking-believable...

Russian · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2002, 12:14:16 AM »

FUI

(flying under influence)

LOL

Thrawn · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2002, 12:56:34 AM »

Cripes, I hope they never fly again.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2002, 03:55:04 AM »

A shame to blow a great job

Toad · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2002, 06:01:30 AM »

I'm thinking the Captain is going to do some prison time. The F/O is going to get fined big time. They're not going to work anywhere carrying passengers again after that.

Worst of it is that 50,000 other guys that have high personal standards and have worked to produce and preserve a respected profession are going to be the butt of Leno and Letterman jokes for the next two weeks.

These two clowns have seriously damaged the profession.

I hope they hang them from the highest yardarm in the fleet.

No mercy.

Wingnut_0 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2002, 06:38:13 AM »

The real sad part of this whole thing is that they both failed the sobriety test under .10's...god what fediddlein lightweights.

straffo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2002, 06:52:02 AM »

Quote

"The pilot came back with 0.091 and the co-pilot with a 0.084," he said.

Florida law considers a person to be intoxicated at 0.08.

Just curious : what are the unit used ?

Hortlund · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2002, 06:58:12 AM »

Im guessing that would translate to 0.91 and 0.8 promille alcohol in the blood respectively. (Uh, just realized that "promille" propbably is a Swedish term I cannot translate.)

you know percent, right.

Per-cent, part of hundred.

Promille, pro-mille, part per thousand.

straffo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:05:58 AM »

rotfl

promille ... it's french

but I'm more used to grammes per liter of blood ...
of we can use mg per liter of air expired (if I translated correctly)

Hortlund · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:12:25 AM »

hehe *blush* I had no idea promille was french

Anyway, a good rule of thumb when dealing with alcohol in is that
0,1 mg alcohol per liter of air expired is the same thing as 0,2 promille in the blood.

So if you divide the numbers by two, you will get the mg per liter of air expired.

0,4 - 0,45 mg/air

does the numbers sound reasonable to you? They sound about correct to me.

straffo · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:18:17 AM »

Hey look at your king or queen doesn't he/she look a bit French

?

Bernadotte rulezz

Hortlund · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:22:34 AM »

hehe, yeah, but that was hundreds of years ago (or 1815 to be specific). They have been assimilated now

Anyway, most of our history has been dominated by two countries, Germany and France. Without these two countries there would be no Sweden as we know it today.

Germany was vital in the early years, (1400-1600) and it was Germans who built our country, and financed our war for independence.

France was vital in the later years (1600-1800) especially in two periods in time (end of the 30 yrs war in the 1640s and in late 18th century, 1792-1800)

straffo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:34:06 AM »

Swede history is part of my vacation reading ("lecture" in french) with the Kalevala and some of the 1 meter book pile I didn't have time to read since last summer vacation

hum ... sun,good book, fresh beer ,BBQ that's a good program

Gunthr · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:36:24 AM »

The units of measurement (in Florida, USA anyway)are:

blood-alcohol level = grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters blood

breath-alcohol = grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath

For example, .08 grams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood is the legal threshold in Florida at which a person is presumed to be under the influence of alcohol

Hortlund · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2002, 07:39:11 AM »

I need a beer (I'm stuck at work right now).

What part of Swedish history are you reading about? Most people tend to focus on the Vikings, Charles XII or the 30-yrs war. Perhaps I can recommend something, I have real alot about our history.