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Re:Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear by kylehotchkiss on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:22PM (#36523532)
It's cool how they wait as long as they can before gently placing the nose on the runway. So much smoother and quieter than I anticipated. Delta owes these pilots an off-duty drink!
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Re:Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear by koolba on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:47PM (#36523993)
> Delta owes these pilots an off-duty drink!

Fun fact: Pilots can have a non-zero BAC (I think .04). So they could have it while on duty too if it’s not a double!

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Re:Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear by andrewmunsell on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:58PM (#36524182)
You are technically correct about the BAC, but they definitely cannot have one while "on duty", there's an 8 hour limit between your last drink and flying and some airlines have longer time windows by policy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.17

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Re:Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear by eastbound on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:29PM (#36525544)
8 hour limit + 0.04 = They can drink a lot the day before, but they have to aim pretty well…
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Re:Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear by intune on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:58PM (#36524184)
Not quite, there's also a rule that you can't operate an aircraft within 8 hours of consuming alcohol, aka. "8 hours bottle to throttle".
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