Can someone explain 5am airport drinking?

You only see those who are drinking too. There are many more in the airports who aren’t. Lots of lads/girls trips nowadays too which I think is always going to involve drinking.

Why would anyone have a headache from a drink or two?
Fair enough if you don’t find it appealing, but it doesn’t have the dire physical effects some are suggesting on here - constant weeing, hangover, rough behaviour etc. for most of us.

Not my experience. There’s always a wide variety of people having a drink at whatever time.

Again. Having a drink does not equal pissed. Less still ‘continuously pissed’.

And if hope you weren't on mine either. People do all sorts of things I can't stand, like eating McDonald's or reading the Daily Mail, but I really don't mind if they're on the same plane as me.

Oh dear

Of course there's never ever ever been a case of a well heeled business or even First Class passenger causing serious difficulties on board a flight because they have had maybe one or two G&Ts,.perhaps combined with medication to try get them through the flight.

Frankly the secret drinkers / pill poppers can sometimes be a bigger problem than those who are quite open with their one or two beers.

I do drink BTW, just not at 5am (or haven't done so for many years) 😁

Way too early ! And a headache when u finally arrive at destination deffo not worth it I usually have a glass of wine with my evening meal on holiday ! Very rarely change habits while I’m away I don’t find drinking that appealing tbh though so that’s just me I guess, I think everyone is so different in life I think let people enjoy themselves however they like as long as no one is hurting anyone else ❤️

I think most people travelling on the 6.25 am to Frankfurt are business travellers.

Nope. Thankfully my bladder has adjusted to me being a filthy alcoholic (AKA two glasses of prosecco) over the years so I can hold it in for hours 😃

you might want to avoid all the places serving food and drinks in the City 😂

you'll faint when you see what corporate people are up to during the day, on client or team meet-ups

Up all night, still on the clock from the previous time zone, or being proactive in adjusting to the time at the final destination? A 5 AM pint doesn't appeal to me (perhaps a Bloody Mary, or a mimosa) but if you've come off a long flight and have time to kill before connecting, there may not be much open at 5AM and you're stuck indoors and don't really have much of a sense of local time at all.

But drinking heavily will dehydrate you, which is bad news if you're about to fly.

?!?!? Wow that's some leap to make!!! So nobody flying to Germany ever has a drink at the airport? Ok good to know 🤔

This is Mumsnet where people think you're an alcoholic if you have more than one glass of wine a week.

As you say, in reality the vast majority of people don't feel drunk, hungover or even sleepy after one or two drinks.

I also find it odd that so many people on Mumsnet just assume travel sickness is the norm. I've literally never been travel sick in my life, on any form of transport, and that includes long, rough sea crossings.

I hope the drinkers aren't keeping people waiting on the loo queues.

I wouldnt drink alcohol at the airport but once the drinks trolley comes round, I take advantage of the free drinks and food to start off the holiday 🥰

What a coincidence - I always look at the judgemental bores and hope they're not on my flight!

Because some people associate holidays with being continuously pissed. You don't see anyone in the lounge waiting for the 06.25 to Frankfurt doing it. Not too hard to understand.

Fair point, but the people I’ve seen drinking at that time (and drinking several glasses) look prematurely aged and dog rough, so a bit more likely to cause problems on flights than your average “I’ll have one g&t to steady my nerves before take off” drinker.

I thought your username was the explanation!

I think it's a bit of novelty value. It's a place where you can break the rules and there's fun in that. It's a celebration marker. You won't be doing anything much for the next X hours so alcohol won't do any harm. Some people are scared and it calms the nerves. You are with friends so let's go and have a sit down and a drink as we've time to kill. I'm rarely in the mood personally and it's always so expensive, but it makes sense to me.

You've no idea what someone's travel arrangements have been prior to getting to the airport. Some people will have been up for the equivalent of a full day before they have their pint in the early hours of the morning, so by the time 5am comes around, it feels more like lunch / dinner time to them. Some will be waiting for a connecting flight having already flown from a different time zone. Some will be people who really do think 'Right, I'm on holiday and I'm having a drink because I can', which to be honest is equally valid.

I’m a bit confused by all the posters who think someone having a drink before a flight will be a) a nightmare on t(e flight or b) hungover at any point in transit.
You realise most people can have one, or even two, drinks without being drunk/visibly affected and without getting a hangover at all?
As for feeling sick, I find my motion sickness is eased by an alcoholic drink 🤷‍♀️
Haven't flown at stupid o’clock for a while, but I’d definitely consider whether I fancied a Prosecco or glass of wine if I happened to to do it again.

i dont like to drink early in thw morning because i feel like crap when I arrive otherwise. The hangover kicks in

i am quite a big drinker but cant do it that early

Its because you were talking rubbish and being unnecessarily rude.

Not at an airport but I took my granddaughter out for breakfast at a very swish place for her 18th birthday and we hit the espresso martinis!