Alcohol on flights ?

sarahellenwhitney Oh I definitely agree, I particularly remember a flight only woman who had to be escorted off the plane on arrival in Antalya, she'd been so disruptive through drink. She stood in the airport in a skirt that was so short you could see her knickers, constantly bending over to reach into her bag displaying herself to all and sundry!!! When she was due to return to the UK I took great pleasure in informing her that she was not allowed to fly on one of our planes and she would have to make other arrangements. She was at first abusive, then apologetic but I told her the pilot had refused her boarding and she would have to sort herself out. I gave her the phone number of the British Consulate should she need it and left her to her own devices.

Would be interesting to see how this would work in the business world. When I travel for work, I generally use the business lounge at the airport. These lounges offer a good range of drinks and food which make my travel experience much more relaxed. Also, I agree with other grans that a tipple on a long haul flight can really help to make the hours pass.

PennyWhistle
I've rarely heard such outright nonsense.
An hour is an hour.
Would drinking milk, water or fruit-juice make time pass more quickly too, or is it the soporficic effect of alcohol?
Why would anyone would want to dull their senses is beyond me but the crowd who bleat 'a quiet drink' or 'I just have one brandy/vodka/ (whatever) to settle me', are deluding themselves.
Coach trips? Anyone feel the need for alcohol on normal coach trips (apart from football trips) or journeys of several hours in a car?
Excuses.

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Gabriella
Oh how I wish I was as perfect as you.

There are days when I would love to dull my senses to be honest.

There are days when I do KatyK (well maybe not days....I'm not quite that far gone yet)

No nor me gilly. It was just a figure of speech. We all have difficult days but no, I don't turn to drink!

Get a grip folks! I enjoy a glass of wine on a flight and fail to see why some people's inability to handle their alcohol intake should stop this. No, I do not NEED that glass of wine, but like the majority of passengers I enjoy it. I fly regularly and have perhaps been fortunate, but GG54 I do think your reactions are a bit over the top! Relax, just chill. Maybe have a glass of wine!!

Agreed. I don't have to make excuses. I actually enjoy it.

I do think a lot of the enjoyment from having a glass of wine is ritualistic - I certainly don’t think it’s it’s physical. I immensely enjoy a glass of wine including on flights. I certainly don’t think cabin staff push drinking - quite the opposite nowadays compared to the 1980’s. Once I was on a nearly empty long haul flight during the gulf war and I ordered a cognac. Stewardess said she and her fellow crew were hoping for a couple of hours shuteye and handed me the bottle in case I rang for another. Wouldn’t happen nowadays. ?

Me too. And I don’t see how you can avoid flights with stag or hen parties, etc, etc aboard. How can you know you’ve booked one until you get to the gate?

annsixty
You really don’t ?

No alcohol should be served at airports. If served on a plane at least there will be a bit more control over how much people consume. Even a limit could be applied. Airports used to be alcohol free before the greedy moneymakers got involved and people seemed to manage to get on flights without being intoxicated. No different from smokefree zones being applied, people cope so why not same with alcohol.

annsixty you're lovely just as you are

Gillt57 I agree. I don't see why a few drunken louts should spoil things for the majority of sensible travellers. On a 14 hour flight it's nice to have one glass of wine with dinner as many of us would have at home. No-one should be served drink after drink and I've never been on a flight (so far) where anyone has got drunk.

missdeke well done, that is what needs to happen - don't let drunks board in the first place.

Carolpaint I am surprised you would advocate the use of illegal drugs and over-use of tranquilizers instead of suggesting that airline and airport staff control the abuse of alcohol by travellers.

Jalima yes I meant to say I'd rather have a glass or two of wine rather than tranquillisers. Who knows where that might lead?

I cannot believe that you were serious Carolpaint!

annsixty
Hmm...well, it's hard but rewarding. I never get messed about because I don't put up with sloppy admin or bad behaviour.
There are a few of us who are perfect but the membership bar is very high.
Too high for mere mortals but keep trying. ?‍♀️??

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4allweknow. Airports have never been alcohol free. If we were to apply some of the suggestions made by some of the more po faced GN posters we would not have village pubs just in case somebody had too much to drink.

There are a lot of people who choose not to drink alcohol just because they don't like it and don't want to sit next to people who don't realise that a pressurised cabin affects the way you react to alcohol at a much earlier stage than drinking at ground level.
Neither my OH nor a close male friend who are both very frequent flyers work wise, drink alcohol. One drinks only tea or fruit juice, the other only juice, no matter where or with whom.
It's poor manners to inflict bad behaviour on other people, especially when in confined spaces.
I usually try for upgrades and I'm sometimes successful.
Other times I pay for business class if it's too noisy in economy.

GillT57
What a daft comment.
You can walk out of a pub and go elsewhere but not off an aeroplane.
Drunks can be removed by bar staff but you can't open plane doors mid- flight.

We were on a flight to Ibiza when a stag do and a hen do joined us. There was bedlam during the flight with singing , a bit of fighting and flirting over our heads between the two parties. I was told it would be better on the way home well it was worse but still the Jet2 staff served them drinks and made no attempt to shut them up . One chap said to my HD he had left his wife and children to go on this rampage and he regretted it .

No it was not a daft comment GG54 it was perhaps a clumsy comparison, but the point I was making is that because some people choose to abuse alcohol and be unpleasant, this is no reason to deprive the rest of us who enjoy alcohol in moderation.

Huge fan of village Pubs, great for community spirit ...in both senses of the word. On a flight the problems of alcohol could not be more different. Its an enclosed space, a huge mix of people who would much rather NOT be there ...we enter a plane to get somewhere...its not a destination in itself... Staff members have to cope with the results and they have a pretty thankless job at the best of time. Add boozed up numpties and it would be my idea of hell!

annsixty - please don't strive for perfection! I like you as you are!