Drunken air passengers

Moto2

NoodleDoodleMan wrote: »

Airport "duty free" sales are not going to be significantly reduced by putting bottles in tamper proof packaging for the airline to retain in storage until the flight reaches its destination.

Yeah, they could put in in the shed out back
Seriously, there is very little storage space available

Nor by restricting airport bars to normal licensing hours - no need to sell alcohol at silly o'clock times in the very early morning.

Normal licencing hours?
There isn't any, each local authority has different standard hours, up to 24/7

fifeken

Punishing the 99.9% (or more) of passengers that can behave is not a rational way to cope with the few that can't.

Your "silly o'clock" time will be totally different than that of someone in transit. Their body clock could be well ahead of you and they're looking for a "lunchtime" drink (not that there's anything wrong with beer on your cornflakes when you're travelling).

Moto2

We turned up one Friday morning at LBA a few months back for a 10:00 flight to Paris, it turned out that both the early morning flights to Barcelona and Amsterdam had lengthy delays, now that was 'interesting'

The flight - in comparison - was a scene of tranquillity

EssexExile

It's all a cunning plan. Let the passengers get drunk then when the airline find they've overbooked the flight they've got a ready made reason to chuck some off.:D

Pollycat

Doshwaster wrote: »

Well, personally I quite like a drink or two at "Silly O'Clock" in the morning. The airports make a lot of money from it and the vast majority of passengers behave responsibly.

Certainly have a crack down on the very small number people who are disruptive or abusive and airports and airlines should always have the right to refuse service but there's no need to spoil things for others with a total ban.

I agree.

My OH usually has a beer before we board our flights, which is quite often in the morning. Our next flight is 08:00.
I don't have a drink at the airport but I do like a glass of wine or G&T on the plane.

We are more than capable of controlling our own alcohol intake so why should we be punished for the tiny minority who can't?

I really can't see the logic behind Jet2's decision not to serve alcohol on morning flights.
If some passengers intend to get 'hammered', they'll just drink more in the airport. Or drink their own alcohol bought in the aiport. I've seen loads of people do it.
At MAN, they even serve spirit minatures and small bottles of wine in the 'Duty Free' shops.

fifeken wrote: »

Punishing the 99.9% (or more) of passengers that can behave is not a rational way to cope with the few that can't.

Your "silly o'clock" time will be totally different than that of someone in transit. Their body clock could be well ahead of you and they're looking for a "lunchtime" drink (not that there's anything wrong with beer on your cornflakes when you're travelling).

I agree with this too (apart from beer on cornflakes - I prefer Frosties. )

shaun_from_Africa

There is already plenty of legislation in existence that if enforced properly would probably soon see a marked drop in the number of drunken passengers.

As it is illegal to be drunk whilst on board an aircraft, (simply being drunk is enough. You don't have to be causing trouble for the offence to occur) a few high profile prosecutions may well curb the behaviour of many people, especially if they think that a criminal record may be the result of their excess drinking.