Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-1-201 (2026)
Operating or acting as crewmember of aircraft following alcohol or drug use - Penalty
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) As used in this part, "crewmember" means any person performing or assigned to perform any duty in a civil aircraft during the time that the aircraft is undergoing pre-flight inspection, boarding or carrying passengers or crew or any time the aircraft is under power or in flight.
- (b) It is an offense for any person to operate or attempt to operate, or act or attempt to act, as a crewmember of any civil aircraft:
- (1) Within eight (8) hours after consumption of any alcoholic beverage;
- (2) While under the influence of alcohol;
- (3) While using any substance that affects the crewmember's faculties in any way contrary to safety; or
- (4) With four one-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more by weight of alcohol in the crewmember's blood.
- (c) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. In addition to the authorized punishment for a Class A misdemeanor, the court may prohibit the defendant from operating or acting as a crewmember on an aircraft for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
Acts 1947, ch. 132, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2726.1 (Williams, § 2726.62); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 42-112; Acts 1994, ch. 797, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1989–1989 · leading case: Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989).
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant, Cross v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Cross-Appellee, 861 F.2d 665 (11th Cir. 1989). “Codified Laws § 50-13-17 Tennessee — Tenn.Code Ann. § 42-1-201 Texas — Tex.Rev.”
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