Friday, August 17, 2018
Nanny Wants To Restrict Drinking at Airports
Nanny's chums from the Institute of Alcohol Studies have recommended applying the Licensing Act to airports, allowing time restrictions to be imposed (ie pub opening hours would be applied).
Airports have accused the authors of pandering to the "vested interests" of Ryanair, which supports a change to stop the sale of alcohol in airports in the early morning and after 11pm.
Currently airports are exempt from the legislation but Nanny is considering changing this as part of efforts to reduce disruption by drunk passengers.
Here's why this proposal is bollocks:
1 People arrive and depart from airports at all times of the day and night (and their body clocks are not necessarily set to Brit time), as such they should be allowed to have a drink when they want.
2 People will still drink on the planes and indeed in the airline lounges (if they have access).
3 Travelling by air is a miserable experience, the only thing that makes it bearable is the booze.
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I still travel a bit, though not as much as I used to. I do have free access to the Premium Lounges, with free booze but here in Canada the booze is not served early in the morning (not sure whether this is policy or law, but I never drink early in the day anyway). I also travel biz class and get all the booze I want.
ReplyDeleteDespite all that, I have never seen any real problems with passengers drinking too much. I have however seen reports of disruptive drunks in news reports, and considering how many people are flying, these reports seem quite uncommon (out here anyway, maybe Europe is different).
Part of the problem is that the effects of booze are magnified at altitude. Even though airliners are pressurised, the cabin altitude is around 8,000ft typically (lower in the B787 and A350) and that means in simple terms that people will get drunk on much less than they are used to on the ground.
I am a pilot and flying instructor, so I know many pilots and cabin crew, and I sympathise with them when they have to deal with an idiot on board. I suspect the problem is worse on the Low Cost Carriers, like Ryanair, who tend to attract the riff-raff.
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