Here are a few thoughts about this...<BR><BR>Pilots get drunk more frequently than the rest of us because of their lifestyle (different cities...away from home...).<BR><BR>Pilots are also risk takers. They think that they are aboce the laws of physics. Many of them sky dive, mountain climb, ride jet skis, etc... I am a nerdy utility employee and don't do anything risky.<BR><BR>I can defend against drunk drivers by checking out who is at the wheel when I am a passenger, by driving the largest SUV around, and by not driving between Midnight and 5 am.<BR><BR>I cannot defend against drunk pilots. I cannot even ask them whether they have been drinking or not. Who do they think they are?<BR><BR>This causes fear in me and many other people. When so many lives and so much fear is at stake why don't they simply test pilots for alcohol and drugs BEFORE an accident happens?<BR><BR>Quite frankly, I am happy to see the monopolistic airlines losing money and their bigshots, snooty stewardesses, jackass gate attendants, thieving baggage handlers all lose their jobs...<BR><BR>Ha Ha I'm working. You're not. Too many years of bad service, poor security, and shoddy mechanical repairs caused you to go out of business.<BR><BR>Ha Ha Ha.... Get a real job.

To the above poster, how do you defend against someone else driving drunk? Despite your best intentions you can't prevent other drunk drivers from taking to the road. And you don't even need to be in car to be hit by a drunk driver. They plow down those on sidewalks, drive into stores and houses and of course, they are never the ones hurt or killed.<BR><BR>I was even in a car accident once caused by a drunk walking down the middle of the highway. Another car tried to avoid him and hit my car head on.<BR><BR>I have absolutely no sympathy for drunks period.