Drunk driving

Posted by Plane_Possible_607@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 13 comments

My retarded ass drove tipsy last night. 3 drinks and no food. Hitted off with a girl and things escalated. I am so disappointed in my self. My rule is to never drink when I am driving or uber. I didn’t feel the alcohol but I disappointed myself,my professionionalism,potentially endanger innocent people and endanger my aviation career. ( CFI now) I got lucky, I didn’t get caught. I was not drunk and felt completely sober but I am sure if I did get pulled over I was above the legal limit. I started drinking at 10pm, 3 old fashioned and hit the road by 2 am. Last drink was at 12 am. This post is an admission of guilty but also to raise awareness towards the industry and recruiters that just because I don’t have a DUI doesn’t mean I didn’t do it. I DID DO IT, I just didn’t get caught.

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vivalicious16@reddit

You drunk now too? “Hitted off” “my self” Do better. Not only could you have lost your medical, but you could have killed someone. Shitty behavior, pilot or not.

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x4457@reddit

Genuinely, probably yes. That post history screams “I have a drinking problem.”

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vivalicious16@reddit

Ha loser

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MrSilverWolf_@reddit

Glad we are admitting this on the internet, idk what’s dumber that or drunk driving. Get off the road with that shit there’s no excuses

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MundaneHovercraft876@reddit

Coach is right. If we wanna win it’s on us! Ah post

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FrankDrebinOnReddit@reddit

You probably felt sober because you had at most a 0.02% BAC. One drink gets you approximately 0.02% and one hour eliminates one drink (obviously this varies depending on body mass), so at most you had one drink in your system. This post feels insincere and performative.

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MEINSHNAKE@reddit

Don't know what's dumber, drinking and driving or putting it on the internet under an account that can be traced back to you. Whether or not you think it could be, it can. You had 3 drinks in 4 hours, you probably weren't even at the legal limit.

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flyingcanuck@reddit

Yeah go ahead and delete this. Some lessons can be learned without needing to share with the Internet.

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Red-Truck-Steam@reddit

Why would you say this?

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live_drifter@reddit

Sometimes you win the lottery and don’t even know it. Probably delete this and learn how to use UBER.

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eagleace21@reddit

Rule 3

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rFlyingTower@reddit

This is a copy of the original post body for posterity: --- My retarded ass drove tipsy last night. 3 drinks and no food. Hitted off with a girl and things escalated. I am so disappointed in my self. My rule is to never drink when I am driving or uber. I didn’t feel the alcohol but I disappointed myself,my professionionalism,potentially endanger innocent people and endanger my aviation career. ( CFI now) I got lucky, I didn’t get caught. I was not drunk and felt completely sober but I am sure if I did get pulled over I was above the legal limit. I started drinking at 10pm, 3 old fashioned and hit the road by 2 am. Last drink was at 12 am. This post is an admission of guilty but also to raise awareness towards the industry and recruiters that just because I don’t have a DUI doesn’t mean I didn’t do it. I DID DO IT, I just didn’t get caught. --- Please downvote this comment until it collapses. Questions about this comment? [Please see this wiki post before contacting the mods](https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/wiki/index/rflyingtower/). --- I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. If you have any questions, please [contact the mods of this subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/flying).

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