"dry" flights

[Deleted member 21784]

I'm not sure how they can really. At rush hour I often see the Polish builders drinking a can of Tyskie on the tube. Diane Abbott famously flouted the ban recently of course. You always see groups of tarts drinking their Lambrini on the way into London in the evening as well.

Do you keep your lambrini well hidden 😬😂 only kidding

 

[Del_Boy]

You aren’t in a pub though or having a dinner party with your mates - you are thousand of feet up in a pressurised cabin. When something goes wrong in a pub with booze the person leaves or is kicked out , minimal affect on the rest of the pub - do it on a plane and it 9/10 affects the whole plane - including being diverted , grounded as soon as possible, escorts by fighter planes and potential to cause serious danger to all passengers.

The number of arrests due to alcohol is on the rise , the number of incidents is on the rise - it wasn’t that long ago it was “nice” to have a cigarette on the plane, many grumbled when that ban came in , now all flights smoke free.

It won’t be long before the flights are dry and I’ll welcome it

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....anes-it-time-ban-plus-what-do-drunk-neighbour

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ryanair-alcohol-onboard-drunk-flight-plane-airlines-thomas-cook-tui-easyjet-drinks-a8702696.html?amp

I wouldn’t welcome

 

[MegaSteve]

https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/p...-tube-trams-and-buses-from-this-sunday-1-june

We banned it in 2008.. can’t believe it was that long ago

Fortunately for me Tim has placed quite a few 'spoons adjacent to tube stations... Very handy indeed 👍...

 

[Orikoru]

Fortunately for me Tim has placed quite a few 'spoons adjacent to tube stations... Very handy indeed 👍...

As long as you don't have 3 pints and then hop on your tube home. Unless you have an iron bladder.

 

[backwoodsman]

Serious question off the back of that though. Is it enforced. Often see people with a can of lager on a train, especially mid-late evening travelling back from Central London. I guess if it's in a coat pocket/bag and they aren't visibly drinking on a platform its next to impossible to police but I'm not 100% convinced the network is totally dry

I'm not sure how they can really. At rush hour I often see the Polish builders drinking a can of Tyskie on the tube. Diane Abbott famously flouted the ban recently of course. You always see groups of tarts drinking their Lambrini on the way into London in the evening as well.

Ahh, but (and it's pedantry corner here) most trains aren't run by TfL ...

Back to the OP though. If they insisted on dry flights, then I'd be a bit miffed. I'd cope, and tolerate it, but would be miffed that my personal choice has been denied to me due to actions of a tiny minority. (And yes, l do know that being on a planes has issues not pertinent to most other places) And for info' that's from someone who, two flights ago, was sat next to a woman who was seriously off her face. (But somehow, I think her first order for 4 vodkas should have given the cabin staff a bit of a clue as to how things would pan out ...)

 

[TheDiablo]

How is that anyway compatible to some moron getting leathered before or during a flight this potentially causing harm or danger in a pressurised environment at 10,000 feet+ which can have a knock effect of costs into 1000s of pounds for the airline, the emotional drain and fear it can cause to people, plus the cost of resources to scramble fighter jets as escorts, then theres the time it take so family holidays. All because some absolute bellend or group of them decides to get lashed up.

If the same knob decides to get trollied at the golf club. Simple answer to that one is the barman refuses service and if he goes to drink drive a simple phone call to the old bill to escorts him to a different type of bed for the night and removal his licence. Much easier to deal with that than it is in plane.

If you don't want it banned that's fine but don't try and compare it to your golf club that's just absurd.

It's only as absurd as those comparing it to smoking on a flight.

Unfortunately those wanting to ban are effectively endorsing another example of the nanny state creeping further into free will.

People thinking this might actually happen in a couple of years are also incredibly naive

 

[Wolf]

It's only as absurd as those comparing it to smoking on a flight.

Unfortunately those wanting to ban are effectively endorsing another example of the nanny state creeping further into free will.

People thinking this might actually happen in a couple of years are also incredibly naive

I can't agree with the first line of your reply as comparing a drunken knob at alitudue in a pressurised environment is vastly different to the clubhouse bar. Comparing it to smoking would be better as at least its in the same environment.

I do however agree with the rest of what you say, whilst a drinking ban would not bother me in the slightest as I've never drunk on a plane or felt a desire to, but then I don't drink a lot or often in general even when on holiday. I do agree that it should be freedom of choice to have a the option to partake in a tipple. Plus more Inis could be on the flight crew to know when to stop serving someone, much like someone working a bar.

I can't see it happening either in a couple of years. What should be mkre prevalent is training of gate staff to identify the already drunken morons, the ones that are lagging before they board and have the cojones to tell them sorry sir/madam your not boarding.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Had to go to Dornoch for the day last Monday, flying on EasyJet. The return flight at 20:50 was almost full, and waiting in the airport there were two “lads” each sleeping prostrate across 5 seats, forcing others to stand. They were woken by staff as the flight was called, and got up to find the toilets. It was quite apparent by their inability to walk in a straight line that they were already wrecked. Once boarded, they weren’t sitting together, and the cabin manager came over and gave them a chat, informed them that they were very lucky to be aboard, and under no circumstances would they be able to drink on board. If that was a problem they could get off the plane before take off. They agreed to stay on, and after moving to the row in front of me because there were two seats together, proceeded to ask the cabin crew for beer at every opportunity. Fortunately, the staff were very good, and it didn’t get ugly, but could very easily have been different.

This is actually the first time ever that I have seen this issue on a plane in 40 years of flying, but my flights are not usually short hops with groups away for a few days. I guess the cheap flights on Ibiza type runs maybe experience it more. I’m usually on long haul flights to Japan, where a beer or two in 13 hours is very welcome. I don’t usually have an issue with it, never been drunk on a plane, nor any plans or need to be. If the staff handle it properly, I.e don’t let them on if they are already bladdered, and limit what they provide, there should be no need for dry flights.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Had to go to Dornoch for the day last Monday, flying on EasyJet. The return flight at 20:50 was almost full, and waiting in the airport there were two “lads” each sleeping prostrate across 5 seats, forcing others to stand. They were woken by staff as the flight was called, and got up to find the toilets. It was quite apparent by their inability to walk in a straight line that they were already wrecked. Once boarded, they weren’t sitting together, and the cabin manager came over and gave them a chat, informed them that they were very lucky to be aboard, and under no circumstances would they be able to drink on board. If that was a problem they could get off the plane before take off. They agreed to stay on, and after moving to the row in front of me because there were two seats together, proceeded to ask the cabin crew for beer at every opportunity. Fortunately, the staff were very good, and it didn’t get ugly, but could very easily have been different.

This is actually the first time ever that I have seen this issue on a plane in 40 years of flying, but my flights are not usually short hops with groups away for a few days. I guess the cheap flights on Ibiza type runs maybe experience it more. I’m usually on long haul flights to Japan, where a beer or two in 13 hours is very welcome. I don’t usually have an issue with it, never been drunk on a plane, nor any plans or need to be. If the staff handle it properly, I.e don’t let them on if they are already bladdered, and limit what they provide, there should be no need for dry flights.

Yep all it needs is a bit of common sense.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Wouldn’t bother me, don’t see the need to drink at the airport or on the plane. Would rather save the cash and get a few more in while actually on holiday.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Wouldn’t bother me, don’t see the need to drink at the airport or on the plane. Would rather save the cash and get a few more in while actually on holiday.

Sometimes you don't have to pay for it, I don't think I've ever paid for drinks, as if you have to I don't bother. But if it is part of the in flight service then I will partake.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Sometimes you don't have to pay for it, I don't think I've ever paid for drinks, as if you have to I don't bother. But if it is part of the in flight service then I will partake.

My boss travels to Ireland at weekends, has an airport lounge season pass .. always enjoys a free drink on the way home