How "ironic" that Ryanair, Easyjet and Panorama are all bleating at the same time about boozed up passengers.
A cynic might suggest that this is some co-ordinated ploy devised by Nanny in order to allow her to ban boozing at airports!
Anyhoo, be that as it may, the BBC and all other major news organs report that Ryanair has called on UK airports to
enforce a two-drink limit, after a BBC Panorama investigation suggested
arrests of drunken passengers have risen by 50% in a year.
It seems that a total of 387 people were arrested between February 2016 and February 2017 - up from 255 the previous year.
Needless to say Nanny's Home Orifice is "considering" calls for tougher rules on alcohol.
Ryanair is also urging airports to ban the sale of alcohol before 10am, and to limit the number of drinks per boarding pass to a maximum of two.
Here are a few thoughts:
1 To put the number of arrests (387) into context, annual passenger numbers published by the Civil Aviation Authority show that in total 251.6 million passengers used a UK airport in 2015.
2 Many of the budget airline destinations are to "all you can drink" resorts, as such what sort of passenger do the budget airlines think they will get if they cater to "all you can drink" holiday makers?
3 I and many others can drink like a fish on a plane, but manage not to assault anyone or ending up being arrested. The issue is down to the nature of the cretins who end up brawling.
4 Banning booze before 10am sounds very "modest", yet airports are international and people are travelling in their own timezones where 10:00GMT may in fact be 18:00 according to their body clocks.
5 Limiting sales of pre flight booze, and stopping drinking duty free on board, may to a cynic seem to be a way of increasing sales of on board drinks!
6 Flying is hellish enough, without the comfort of booze it would be an even more joyless experience.
7 Shite airlines that charge for everything, but still cram people in to seats designed for midget, get bad tempered customers.
8 How the hell do they think that they can enforce a two drink limit? People will get their friends to buy the booze, or they will simply get boozed up before arrival at the airport.
All in all this is a coordinated piece of bollocks that will be used by Nanny to impose unenforceable drink restrictions on 251 million people!
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A range of very good comments. I'm going away at the end of this week. I doubt they will bring any of this in by then but still, something to look forward to...
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