AIBU to wonder why they were allowed to board?

girlfriend44 · 2023-04-29T19:11:32+00:00

A group of girls on a hen party were thrown off the plane travelling from Manchester to Tenerife yesterday. They delayed everyone further and the plane had already been delayed? Why were they even allowed to board in that state? Why don't they wait until they get on holiday to have a drink too? Totally Selfish.

strawberryfluff · 29/04/2023 20:13

If they have luggage they have to unboard it. They should fine people who do this

dottypotter · 29/04/2023 20:16

Ban them from flying for a while
Get every airline to work together and ban them.

We are too soft.

Alittlestar · 29/04/2023 20:38

I don't think they should've been allowed to board in that state, they inconvenienced everyone else by delaying the flight. Fining passengers like this, as @strawberryfluff suggests, might work and make passengers think twice about getting into such a state before or during a flight.

RandomGeocache · 29/04/2023 20:42

Probably because the 1 or 2 people at the desk where they scan your boarding passes and send you off down the airbridge were terrified of them. Newspaper says "rowdy" but what they really mean is 15 rough as fuck women, drunk, swearing and being aggressive.

katemulberrybush · 29/04/2023 20:49

What a bunch of losers. 🙄

growgrowinggrown · 29/04/2023 21:16

If a passenger gets so drunk they are prevented from boarding then the bar in the airport gets fined for continuing to serve.
The difficulty is 1. proving which bar, and 2. most guests buy duty free, open the bags and decanter it into soft drink bottles so harder to detect.

If a guest is seen opening those sealed duty free bags they have the alcohol removed from them without refund. If they've already drank it they can be prevented from boarding and fined.

The issue is, it costs money to pursue the fine and usually its not worth it.

Passengers can get banned from flying for X number of days from that airport though which is good - prevents them from being removed on the Monday for being too pissed, rebooking for Tuesday and coming in causing a scene.

There are airport police but usually they are not in the terminal unless on a 'walk around' and can easily take 20+mins to attend a call out, usually longer.

Like a previous poster said it can be very intimidating for a large group of drunk people to be carrying on, knowing that to remove them from the airport can take 1.5-2hrs after the check-in point. It's not like kicking someone out of a highstreet bar and turfing them onto the street.

They need to go through immigration like any passenger returning to the UK as they've entered the airport, this isn't a simple or quick process.

Equalitea · 30/04/2023 06:35

growgrowinggrown · 29/04/2023 21:16

If a passenger gets so drunk they are prevented from boarding then the bar in the airport gets fined for continuing to serve.
The difficulty is 1. proving which bar, and 2. most guests buy duty free, open the bags and decanter it into soft drink bottles so harder to detect.

If a guest is seen opening those sealed duty free bags they have the alcohol removed from them without refund. If they've already drank it they can be prevented from boarding and fined.

The issue is, it costs money to pursue the fine and usually its not worth it.

Passengers can get banned from flying for X number of days from that airport though which is good - prevents them from being removed on the Monday for being too pissed, rebooking for Tuesday and coming in causing a scene.

There are airport police but usually they are not in the terminal unless on a 'walk around' and can easily take 20+mins to attend a call out, usually longer.

Like a previous poster said it can be very intimidating for a large group of drunk people to be carrying on, knowing that to remove them from the airport can take 1.5-2hrs after the check-in point. It's not like kicking someone out of a highstreet bar and turfing them onto the street.

They need to go through immigration like any passenger returning to the UK as they've entered the airport, this isn't a simple or quick process.

Thanks for this explanation! Really interesting.

purplepapaya · 30/04/2023 06:41

I agree it's selfish and inconsiderate.

There will always be selfish and inconsiderate people - that's just a fact of life. The airport should be better at dealing with them and as you say, shouldn't have allowed them to board.

katemulberrybush · 30/04/2023 08:48

I bet they're so annoyed with themselves though

To have sabotaged their holiday like that

RandomGeocache · 30/04/2023 08:51

katemulberrybush · 30/04/2023 08:48

I bet they're so annoyed with themselves though

To have sabotaged their holiday like that

I bet they're not. I'd bet they are indignant and "discusted" that they were turfed off the plane because they were just "a little tipsy" and will not accept that they were obnoxious, rude and behaving like idiots.