Alcohol limits to participate as crew member in non-commercial operations

alejandro_aero@yahoo.es
alejandro_aero@yahoo.es • 5 November 2020
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I am studying for my PPL(A) theoretical examination and while i know the rule of thumb of "8 hours from bottle to throttle" I am having trouble locating the actual legal text that codifies exactly what is to be "under the influence of alcohol".

I have found an advisory safety bulletin ( SIBNo.: 2018-07 ) and I also noticed that there is an AMC for the PART-SAO (AMC1 SAO.GEN.130(f)&SAO.GEN.135(b)) and of course the regulation 859/2008 (EU-OPS) which applies only to regular transport commercial  operations

I am looking to something similar to the FAA 14 CFR § 91.17 - Alcohol or drugs.

Could anyone be so kind to point me towards the actual text?

Thank you all.

Comments (7)

Claes M Johansson
Claes M Johansson • 4 years ago

SERA.2020 Problematic use of psychoactive substances

Regulation (EU) No 923/2012

No person whose function is critical to the safety of aviation (safety-sensitive personnel) shall undertake that function while under the influence of any psychoactive substance, by reason of which human performance is impaired. No such person shall engage in any kind of problematic use of substances.

Claes M Johansson
Claes M Johansson • 4 years ago

Further:
NCO.GEN.105 Pilot-in-command responsibilities and authority

Regulation (EU) 2018/1975

(a) The pilot-in-command shall be responsible for:
[...]
5) not commencing a flight if he/she is incapacitated from performing duties by any cause such as injury, sickness, fatigue or the effects of any psychoactive substance;

alejandro_aero@yahoo.es
alejandro_aero@yahoo.es • 4 years ago

While in PART-NCC there is a GM that states that no one shall act as a crew member having ingested alcohol in the last 8 hours or with alcohol level above 0.2 per thousand

However, in PART-NCO there is no such thing. Does this mean that the 8 hours without alcohol before starting flight does not apply to non-commercial operations with simple aircrafts ?

Thomas Dietrich
Thomas Dietrich • 4 years ago

Alejandro,

if you look at the accident statistics, only less than 1% of aviation accidents are alcohol related. There are many ways to interpret that number one is, that flying without alcohol is unsafe.

Just joking....

Catherine Gandolfi
Catherine Gandolfi • 4 years ago

Part NCO is objective based: "not commencing a flight if he/she is incapacitated from performing duties by any cause such as injury, sickness, fatigue or the effects of any psychoactive substance". Before flying, one might also have to drive to the airfield ... The 1 % says nothing about the probability of having an accident in flight while being intoxicated ... Another way to look at this figure is to conclude that these 1 % accidents might have been avoided without alcohol. "Too dumb to die" ...

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