Taking drinks onto a plane.

adouglasmhor

They still have no right to more than temporarily confiscate property, they then either have to return it to you or pass it to the civil authorities i.e. Police or Gendarmerie at your destination.

mikey72

vickylee wrote: »

Although it is not illegal, most airlines don't allow you to drink your own alcohol on board. This is so the cabin crew can monitor drinking. If you were found to be drinking your own, then you may have your alcohol confiscated, but returned to you on disembarking.

No one has said anything different.

Tozer

adouglasmhor wrote: »

They still have no right to more than temporarily confiscate property, they then either have to return it to you or pass it to the civil authorities i.e. Police or Gendarmerie at your destination.

I think you will find that the captains of aircraft (and ships) have pretty significant powers whilst you are onboard.

Bengt

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I have never heard of this being a law, though it may be the airline's condition of carriage, do you have a link please - I am genuinely interested and not nit picking :question::think:

Sorry if I am nit picking but I read the above as a question for a link to a law OR the airline's condition of carriage. I still can not read for a link to the law only.
Please accept an apology if you think it was rude...

iceman_2

Bengt wrote: »

Sorry if I am nit picking but I read the above as a question for a link to a law OR the airline's condition of carriage. I still can not read for a link to the law only.
Please accept an apology if you think it was rude...

Try looking up the air navigation order. It is against the law to be drunk on an aircraft, cabin crew would have no way of enforcing this if everyone could bring their own drink.

adouglasmhor

!!!!!! wrote: »

I think you will find that the captains of aircraft (and ships) have pretty significant powers whilst you are onboard.

I think they still have rules to follow and they will follow them. They can detain you and remove things from you that are contributing to you being a nuisance or danger, but they cannot arbitrarily dispense justice, they cannot take property without disposing of it legally either by returning it or passing it to the relevant authority on landing.

I think you will find that their authority is less than the courts and law makers.

I think a Captain convicted of theft would not be a captain for long.

adouglasmhor

Bengt wrote: »

Sorry if I am nit picking but I read the above as a question for a link to a law OR the airline's condition of carriage. I still can not read for a link to the law only.
Please accept an apology if you think it was rude...

No I apologise I see now how it could be an ambiguous question.

adouglasmhor

iceman wrote: »

Try looking up the air navigation order. It is against the law to be drunk on an aircraft, cabin crew would have no way of enforcing this if everyone could bring their own drink.

What if someone downs a few trebles just before boarding and becomes drunk later as it works into their bloodstream? How can they enforce that?

billykeats

I now think that this 100ml restriction has been kept in place not because of security but by the retailers so they are able to sell over-priced drinks after security as the travellers have no other choice other than what is available to them until they reach their destination.

Tozer

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I think they still have rules to follow and they will follow them. They can detain you and remove things from you that are contributing to you being a nuisance or danger, but they cannot arbitrarily dispense justice, they cannot take property without disposing of it legally either by returning it or passing it to the relevant authority on landing.

I think you will find that their authority is less than the courts and law makers.

I think a Captain convicted of theft would not be a captain for long.

Nice what you have done with my name. Really clever and very mature. Well done.

Just to correct you, the powers of ship and aircraft captains is the same as the law of registration of the ship of the aircraft and the captain has pretty much the same power as a Police officer or other upholder of the law.

A captain cannot, for example, be prosecuted for kidnap if he denies disembarkation of passengers.

It would not be theft as a Captain's prime duty is to protect the safety of the aircraft. There would be no "dishonesty" in the case you mention. Thought that was pretty obvious.

Try and keep it polite, even if you disagree.