Alcohol on flights ?

thank you

Be careful what you wish for Jalima ?

andyc in best black country - 'Yome a loff'.

HildaW, if only

I wouldn't bother to have a glass of wine on a short haul flight. Me neither, Jalima

cake just so full of eewwwwwwwwwww dreadful carbs

love a drink on a jetliner. such fun on holiday

For one thing, alcohol is dehydrating, as is the pressurised cabin on an airliner.
It is, so those who do drink responsibly will probably be drinking plenty of water on a flight too - on most flights I've taken, water and juice is freely available.

On short haul, presumably any drinks, alcoholic or not, have to be paid for - so a source of income for the airline. I wouldn't bother to have a glass of wine on a short haul flight.

If only the hoi-polloi were better behaved.
If only the whole population of the world was like you Gabriella Poppins - practically perfect in every way

The airports must make a fortune from the outlets selling alcoholic beverages. At the moment, the drinkers are paying that. Ban this source of revenue and the airports will have to find it elsewhere, and that most likely means that the rest of us will have to pay it one way or another.

Oh Blinko if only airlines would serve decent proper tea and limitless cake....now that's my idea of a holiday!

No alcohol in airports or on plane - like no smoking in airports or on plane. If you can’t manage on a cup of tea/coffee or two, you have a problem.

Totally agree, Granless. For one thing, alcohol is dehydrating, as is the pressurised cabin on an airliner. I also cannot imaging why anyone would need to drink first thing in the morning. At least ban alcohol in airports and on planes before, say, noon.

This would surely have the effect of reducing some of the drunkenness on flights.

OK, so I'm a killjoy...have a cake instead [cake]

Ive never done long haul as I hate flying anyway. But do like the sun! I never drink in a flight but I'm not a big drinker anyway do like a glass of Vino with my meal though. It's always the minority's that spoils things for us.

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Drunk on a plane .

am I a hoi polloi?

confused

love a drink on a plane or anytime.

never cause a fuss I am a scream and harmless

billions of people fly without causing problems, so this is a storm in a teacup, no ban on anything.

just isolated incidents.

ban the trouble makers from flying

Surely the reason alcohol is served during flights is to make the execrable airline ready meals palatable.

gabriella actually yes, I do have a glass of wine every night with dinner.
And before you ask, no, it is not because the food at Ainsworth Towers is unpalatable. We just happen to like it.

My holidays start the moment the taxi arrives to take us to the airport, not when we arrive at our destination.

Jalima1108
I try not to fly much nowadays but NZ only has one other way which takes much longer.
I resent having to pay business or first class for a few hours kip.
(sigh) If only the hoi-polloi were better behaved. ??

And, giggling at the thought of that, I am off to

Perfect solution then. Usual breakfast OJ with a splash of champagne ?

Bucks Fizz always reminds me of the occasion, when, my then 6yr old DD on being asked by a waiter what she would like to drink with her meal...she followed my example but politely ordered a F..ks Bizz. ?

Absolutely, although you could dilute it with orange juice and have a Buck's Fizz

Perhaps the airlines which allow drunken passengers on board and freely serve alcohol throughout the flight should be named and shamed.
I've never seen it and hope I never do.

Ah well, in that case, would it be essential to take a few sips of champagne at breakfast for the sake of my body clock??

I don’t know anyone who has wine with every meal.
It gets very confusing on long haul as breakfast could be at UK dinner time.

Just stricter controls on alcohol consumption should do the trick.
No need for idiots to spoil it for others.

When flying back from America any duty free, be it alcohol , perfume whatever is sealed in bags with your name on and only handed out as you are about to board the plane. At least that stops people starting to drink the alcohol before people even board the plane. While the cheap airlines push the sale of alcohol on board their planes most of the "better" airlines only allow one free alcoholic drink on short haul flights and don't sell any. Really it is the amount of alcohol consumed prior to the flight that causes the problems. Now airport "lounges" are available to anybody willing to pay some people pay just so they so they can drink the free booze and get tanked up before their flight. When you see couples with young children knocking back beer and vodka early on the day how can they possibly look after their children if there was a problem. It's not the people who just enjoy a glass of wine on board who are the problem.

basically I don't think you should have alcohol on flights.

On business class to and from NZ, I can confirm that I could have had (but didn't have) wine with every meal, including champagne with breakfast.