DRINKING AND FLYING - THE PROBLEM OF ALCOHOL USE BY PILOTS

Alcohol misuse is a problem among the nearly 700,000 general-aviation pilots in this country. Although the fatal-accident rate for general aviation is relatively low, a substantial portion of such accidents have been related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages before or during flight. The article focuses on the following specific areas: (1) Alcohol and fatal accidents in general aviation; (2) Alcohol's effects on the central nervous system and on flight performance; (3) Surveys of pilots about drinking and flying; (4) Federal regulations and mandatory testing; and (5): Recommendations to revise the regulation and educate pilots, and to consider an ignition-interlock system.

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  Massachusetts Medical Society

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  Waltham, MA  United States  02254
• Authors:
  • Modell, J G
  • Mountz, J M
• Publication Date: 1990-8-16

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 455-461
• Serial:
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Volume: 323
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
  • ISSN: 0028-4793
  • EISSN: 1533-4406
  • Serial URL: http://www.nejm.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Airline pilots; Alcohol abuse; Alcoholism; Aviation; Crash causes; Crashes; Data collection; Fatalities; Regulations; Surveys; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcoholic involvement scale
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497037
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM