Flying Drunk

History / By /
Flying Drunk

Author: Joseph Balzer

Publisher: Savas Beatie

ISBN: 9781611210484

Category: History

Page: 240

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March 8, 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew, including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer, fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota.Northwest Airlines, alcoholism July 25, 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and sent to federal prison. July 26, 1990 – present: Joe Balzer fights for redemption and to regain all that he has lost. Flying Drunk is his story. Since he was a young boy, Joe Balzer dreamed of flying. He pursued his goal with a vigorous passion and earned his pilot licenses, piling up hours of flight time with a wide variety of planes and jets with one overarching goal: to one day fly for a major airline. But Joe had a problem. He was an alcoholic and refused to admit to himself that he had a problem. His alcoholism caught up with him in March 1990, when Joe was arrested with two other pilots for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol. His world began crumbling around him and his new marriage faced the ultimate test. He lost his promising career and his dignity. Every major media outlet, including The New York Times, Newsweek, and Time Magazine covered the shocking story for the stunned American flying public. The trial that followed drained Joe’s life’s savings and federal prison nearly broke him. Flying Drunk is Joe’s bittersweet and thoroughly chilling memoir of his twisted journey to a Federal courtroom, his time in the notorious Federal penitentiary system in Atlanta, and his struggle to recapture all that he held dear. Today, Joe is a recovering alcoholic, celebrating more than nineteen years of sobriety. The long road back from perdition led him to American Airlines, where good people and a great organization recognized a talented pilot who had cleaned up his act and was ready to fly again, safely. Flying Drunk is an incredible journey of the human spirit, from childhood to hell, and back again. Everyone should read and heed its message of hope and redemption. No one who does will ever forget it. About the Author: Joe Balzer is a pilot for American Airlines with more than 15,000 hours of flight experience. He has a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Education and is also an inspirational speaker, traveling around the country speaking to pilots and other groups on the dangers of alcohol and other addictions, bringing his audience to laughter and tears with his powerful message of hope. Joe lives in Tennessee with his wife Deborah and their two children. Flying Drunk is his first book.

Flying Drunk

Biography & Autobiography / By /
Flying Drunk

Author: Joseph Balzer

Publisher:

ISBN: 1611211646

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 0

View: 487

For as long as he could remember, Joe Balzer dreamed of flying. But Joe had a problem. His alcoholism caught up with him in March 1990, when he was arrested with two other pilots for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence. Flying Drunk is an incredible journey of the human spirit, from childhood to hell, and back again.

Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses

Law / By /
Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses

Author: Robert S. Reiff

Publisher: LexisNexis

ISBN: 9781579111144

Category: Law

Page: 1955

View: 859

In today's courts, there is no crime more aggressively legislated, prosecuted, or adjudicated than driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This one-stop resource demystifies a complex area of law, analyzing exhaustively the many available avenues of prosecution and lines of defense. Noted DUI expert Robert S. Reiff, rated the most effective DUI advocate in South Florida in a 1991 Miami Herald study, shows you how to sell yourself to your client, select a jury, cross-examine the arresting officer, and deliver a strong closing argument. He offers his "Top Twenty Tips" for defending DUI cases and provides a large assortment of proven forms for pleadings, motions, correspondence, and other uses. Learn from the Master DUI Practitioner, who has taught thousands of attorneys how to better manage their practices, win their cases, and increase their profits. The new Fifth Edition of Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses, updated with new case law and practical advice, provides coverage of numerous topics relevant to DUI and other driving offenses, including: • Physical sobriety exercises • Breath, urine, and blood tests • Double jeopardy limitations on prosecutions • Administrative driver's license hearings • Entrapment and necessity defenses • Jury instructions • Expert witness preparation and examination • Sentencing • Accident investigation and reconstruction • DUI and drug recognition • Boating under the influence • Murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide, reckless driving, and other serious vehicular offenses A new "Trial Notebook" has been added to assist you in trial preparation. The Appendices include dozens of sample forms and motions to streamline your practice, along with sample questions for jurors and witnesses, and a wealth of other helpful materials for the DUI practitioner.

Drunk Driving Defense

Law / By /
Drunk Driving Defense

Author: Lawrence Taylor

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

ISBN: 9780735554290

Category: Law

Page: 1272

View: 621

For even the most seasoned DUI lawyers, defending drunk driving cases has always presented special challenges. Today, mounting a successful drunk driving defense is more difficult than ever. That's why DWI attorneys rely on Drunk Driving Defense . Written by Lawrence Taylor and Steven Oberman, Drunk Driving Defense is generally considered to be the standard-bearing reference in the field. Clear explanations of key scientific and technological issues for DUI lawyers Drunk Driving Defense ensures that you Understand The chemical, biological and technological concepts and issues underlying drunk driving defense and prosecution. Rely on expert DUI lawyers Taylor and Oberman to bring you up to speed in key areas including: The key defects inherent in blood and breath analysis and testing. The correlation between blood alcohol concentration and actual impairment. The effects of stress and cold weather on alcohol absorption. How fermentation of the blood sample may raise blood alcohol levels. The effect of acetone in breath tests taken by diabetics and dieters. Possible errors in breath analysis due to RFI (radio frequency interference). The effect of trauma from an automobile accident on alcohol elimination Dozens of Practical DWI attorney tools to streamline and simplify drunk driving defense preparation Drunk Driving Defense, Sixth Edition contains dozens of practical tools to streamline and simplify the complex DUI defense process. And now, they are all included on a free bonus DWI Lawyer Resources CD-ROM so you can locate, review, and print them out in a matter of seconds, including: Dozens of quick-reference checklists to help DUI lawyers avoid critical missteps. Sample drunk driving defense motions including those to help DU I lawyers to facilitate discovery, appoint chemical experts, and suppress blood alcohol evidence. More than 150 pages of verbatim direct and DWI attorney cross testimony and statements. Sample arrest reports, instrument instructions and other forms use by police agencies. Comprehensive DWI attorney-client interview questionnaires for DUI lawyers. Detailed operator's manuals For The most current blood alcohol testing equipment: including the Intoxilyzer 8000. Try Drunk Driving Defense Risk-Free for 30 days. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, simply return it to us. FREE SHIPPING! Domestic Ground Shipping is Free when you pay by credit card

Secrets from the Cockpit

Biography & Autobiography / By /
Secrets from the Cockpit

Author: Robert Schapiro

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

ISBN: 9781928248156

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 256

View: 531

‘A witty, sometimes heart-stopping, and always engrossing path from “boy pilot” to elite aviator.’ – Jaundiced Eye columnist, William Saunderson-Meyer Robert Schapiro always wanted to fly. Challenging anti-Semitic bullying, mockery and fierce rivalry, he realised his dream by earning his wings in the South African Air Force and going on to command C-47 Dakotas in the Border War. He joined South African Airways (SAA) in 1979, soon learning it was a time when SAA crews were dominated by the ‘Royal Family’ – captains who thought themselves above the rules and who spent time overseas on drinking binges or coaxing air hostesses to be their ‘airline wives’. When sanctions forced SAA to cut back on its routes, he was seconded to Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines, routinely flying between New York and Tokyo and grappling with often-hilarious cultural misunderstandings as he adapted to a Japanese style of operations. Schapiro is disarmingly frank about life as an international pilot. He divulges near misses, emergency landings, navigation errors, passenger shenanigans (seat sex, anyone?), how pilots control rowdy travellers and absorbing detail about the technique of flying different aircraft types. Uplifting and humorous, his memoir offers a rare slice of aviation history.

Introduction to Cabin Crew

Business & Economics / By /
Introduction to Cabin Crew

Author: Beverley Goodman

Publisher: Travel & Tourism Publishing Ltd

ISBN: 9780957628427

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 96

View: 704

The purpose of this book written by Beverley Goodman is to develop your knowledge and understanding of the role of airline cabin crew. It seeks to dispel myths, to be informative and to encourage you to achieve your personal goals. The book is structured around the 6 compulsory Units of the Level 2 Introduction to Cabin Crew Qualification offered by a number of awarding bodies (exam boards). Currently, these include Edexcel/BTEC, NCFE, City & Guilds and Ascentis. The book is also designed to be relevant to a variety of other cabin crew training and education courses. It is a useful revision tool and will prove helpful when completing tests, assignments and interviews. Units covered in the book: Unit 1: Working as cabin crew; Unit 2: Airline health, safety and security; Unit 3: Aircraft emergency situations; Unit 4: Dealing with passengers on board an aircraft; Unit 5: Cabin service – selling techniques; Unit 6: Making passenger announcements on board an aircraft

Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk

Biography & Autobiography / By /
Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk

Author: Seamus Kirst

Publisher: Seamus Kirst

ISBN: 9780692822814

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 210

View: 308

In Shitfaced: Musings of a Former Drunk, Seamus Kirst explores the milestones of self-destruction that marked his coming of age. At 13, he went to the ER for swallowing a bottle of pills. By 16, he was already a veteran of several in- and out-patient rehab programs for alcohol. As he walked across the stage at his high school graduation – just after delivering his valedictorian address – he had already been hospitalized three times for alcohol poisoning. The situation only accelerated at Brown University, where he abused a plethora of drugs, from Xanax to cocaine, while his alcohol abuse intensified. Most terrifying was his attitude toward his own dissolution, his rationalization of behaviors that brought him ever closer to death. In that sense, Shitfaced, is not just a memoir, but a dehortation for those who find themselves in the same place; Kirst goes back to find a self that he barely survived.

Drunk in China

Biography & Autobiography / By /
Drunk in China

Author: Derek Sandhaus

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

ISBN: 9781640120976

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 313

View: 496

2020 Gourmand Award in Spirits Gold Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers Awards China is one of the world’s leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China’s most famous spirit, baijiu, remains a mystery. This is about to change, as baijiu is now being served in cocktail bars beyond its borders. Drunk in China follows Derek Sandhaus’s journey of discovery into the world’s oldest drinking culture. He travels throughout the country and around the globe to meet with distillers, brewers, snake-oil salesmen, archaeologists, and ordinary drinkers. He examines the many ways in which alcohol has shaped Chinese society and its rituals. He visits production floors, karaoke parlors, hotpot joints, and speakeasies. Along the way he uncovers a tradition spanning more than nine thousand years and explores how recent economic and political developments have conspired to push Chinese alcohol beyond the nation’s borders for the first time. As Chinese society becomes increasingly international, its drinking culture must also adapt to the times. Can the West also adapt and clink glasses with China? Read Drunk in China and find out.