To just not approve of alcohol served on flights?

[TheHouseOnBellSt]

I just don't see why it's necessary to serve alcohol on flights. Why? People who smoke can't do that....and fair enough...alcohol makes many people act like twats.

MrsPratchett I do like Singapore...funny that.

Why not ban alcohol altogether - and pubs. .

I love having a drink on board a flight, as others have said, it makes a nice start to the trip - my DH never drinks on 'planes as he flies so much for business it is not a novelty - fortunately he passes his 'free' drinks over to me. .

I appreciate it is horrible if you get drunks on your 'plane - but I am nearly 60, have probably flown at least once or twice most years since I was 11 and have never encountered drunken behaviour on a flight.

Patter - I agree about the seat reclining fights - I would actually prefer to ban reclining seats .

I like to have a drink or two on a flight. We had free drinks on a trip to New York with American Airlines and I didn't see anyone drunk on the flight. I have,however, seen groups of lads at Manchester airport downing the drinks in the bar, pre flight - at 06.00am and wonder if they are making an early start on the alcohol or a late finish ie have continued from the night before.

The issue should be about not letting them on the plane rather than banning everyone else. I think a lot can depend on where you are flying to as some of the flights heading for renowned stag/hen parties or certain resorts are more likely to attract groups who will drink too much, so there may be logic in banning it on flight to certain destinations - although that will still impact on sensible people.

Oh balls to that. I like a large glass of wine in the airport and then maybe another two on the plane. I'm on holiday! I've never been a twat on a plane yet.

Meh - being able to enjoy a drink on a flight signals the start of a holiday for me (or, more likely, in the airport)

Flying in a couple of weeks back to the UK with two small ones - DH and I will no doubt need a few bottles...

I fly a lot. Around 20 times a year. I have never had a problem with drunks on a plane. Maybe I've just been lucky, who knows.
I always have a g&t on the plane, sometimes 2 . Don't think I've ever caused anyone else problems either. Just because you can't handle booze doesn't mean no one else can.
As many PP's have pointed out, it's those getting legless in th departure lounge that are more of an issue.
YABU.

I do love a drink and, as I'm a nervous flyer it does help me to relax, but even I was mightily unimpressed on a recent flight back from the Dom Rep where a woman (who looked old enough to know better, frankly) was so drunk she spewed all over herself/the aisle meaning that the entire plane reeked of vomit for the remaining 4 hours of the flight...

The cabin crew looked equally unimpressed...

There should be some sort of sanction/fine for people who get antisocial with their drinking.

I'm on holiday now in Turkey. On our outbound flight, a large group of British Turks had consumed way too much alcohol. They were argumentative, threatening and verbally abusive to the female cabin crew but less mouthy to the one male attendant.
Some suggestions of racism were made and things got very heated mid-air. They were sitting at the emergency exits.

I was terrified. I'm a nervous flyer anyway and it was just awful. When we arrived, the police had to come on board and escort them off before we could disembark. They had their passports taken off them.
We later saw them at the luggage carousel- apparently they received a £20 fine each

I'm def in favour of banning alcohol and often wonder why there isn't more security on planes. The cabin crew seemed quite vulnerable.

The cabin crew are far ffom vulnerable. They are very very well trained and have very high levels of power if a passenger gets shirty - including restraint

I have taken 24 flights this year and not seen a single incident.

And like many people have said, people will be twats with and without alcohol

dont worry, when we have interstellar travel there will probably be compulsory suspended animation :o

I will never understand under 4 year olds being allowed on flight unless their parents are moving abroad. I find that more offensive. What kind of person takes a baby on a flight unless it is 100% necessary?

I have no problem with people drinking alcohol on flights. I don't want to live in a society where everything enjoyable is banned.

Thomson Airways serve free alcohol on their long-haul flights. They also have a zero tolerance approach to people who attempt to board when drunk, or are abusive! And of course refuse alcohol to those who drink too much and get rowdy on the flight.

Under 4 year-olds on flights are offensive?? WTF??

"What kind of person takes a baby on a flight unless it is 100% necessary?"

Er, someone going on holiday? Or visiting relatives?

(that is assuming the offensive baby person doesn't live under a bridge...)

I take my small kids on planes regularly just to piss a lot of people off, all whilst I drink my offensive alcohol.

Apparently it works brilliantly! Yay me!

Yes exactly Leedy - it was a grenade post.

How do we feel about small children on planes reclining their seats while being served alcohol?

Please don't ban alcohol on planes, I need that glass of wine to get me through a flight!

I feel good about that leedy, it's how I get my two to go to sleep on planes... along with a rhythmic kick on the back of someone elses seat.

Closer an extra bottle? When you're looking after children?" - Ooooooooooo no, not a glass a wine when looking after children??? (A bottle on a plane is 1 glass)

Actually, yes. It's not illegal, and if I want a glass of wine, dc or not, I can have one. Or two. Easyjet used to have a BOGOF offer on wine . I don't get drunk, or rowdy, or obnmoxious, or abusive, after one, two or even four glasses over a sunny afternoon with sunday dinner thrown in.

Not every does.

(I was on a flight recently where iI swear I heard the FA say 'comlimentary white wine' (this at 11am!) - she said 'complimentary Wi-Fi' mores the pity.

OP - you may not 'approve', and you come across as a bit of a 'cats-bum' face.

To hell with banning alcohol. Much more important is that airlines should carry much more ice and keep white wines and beers refrigerated. And another thing - fucking Easyjet recently didn't have any olives for my Martini.

Re reclining seats on planes. I find a Knee Defender invaluable. Means person in front cannot recline their seat.

No problem with this long haul but short haul is so not necessary