It rolled out fact sheets outlining potential drawbacks for states, aviation safety, federally funded preschool programs, military readiness and border patrols.
"Deterring irresponsible use of alcohol is essential to the readiness of our fleet and ensuring the health and safety of our service members and units, " Adm.
Furthermore a 10% reduction in training hours for flight crews could reduce their readiness status, requiring four-to-six weeks of additional training to deploy and will jeopardize crew safety.