Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
17-08-2017, 13:20
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Re: Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
Wasn't there some article a while back looking at why people get drunk on planes more easily due to the cabin air pressure being higher keeping alcohol in the blood more? Then once back on land it releases faster. I didn't look deeply enough into it and whether C2H5OH lost in breath contributes enough to sobriety.
But I like a little tipple in the airport and maybe onboard, I get fed up of soft drinks and don't drink much coffee. But airports aren't like stations, planes normally only have one or two entrances and board much less frequently than trains over a whole journey. It would not be too much bother to have a couple of authorised heavies at the gates to filter off the drunks. Many flights like you in a boarding area first, that could allow said heavies plenty of time to observe and warn before getting to the actual boarding.
If someone on board causes a nuisance then they don't get another flight, that could leave them "stranded" on a foreign shore unless they pay some sort of deposit for their return. If you make the penalties strong enough it will deter many. Fines/costs need to be in the thousands maybe with some of that going to the worst affected.
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17-08-2017, 16:25
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Re: Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
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Wasn't there some article a while back looking at why people get drunk on planes more easily due to the cabin air pressure being higher keeping alcohol in the blood more? Then once back on land it releases faster. I didn't look deeply enough into it and whether C2H5OH lost in breath contributes enough to sobriety.
But I like a little tipple in the airport and maybe onboard, I get fed up of soft drinks and don't drink much coffee. But airports aren't like stations, planes normally only have one or two entrances and board much less frequently than trains over a whole journey. It would not be too much bother to have a couple of authorised heavies at the gates to filter off the drunks. Many flights like you in a boarding area first, that could allow said heavies plenty of time to observe and warn before getting to the actual boarding.
If someone on board causes a nuisance then they don't get another flight, that could leave them "stranded" on a foreign shore unless they pay some sort of deposit for their return. If you make the penalties strong enough it will deter many. Fines/costs need to be in the thousands maybe with some of that going to the worst affected.
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I think being stranded in that country would be enough of a punishment! However, putting the plane in danger through drunkenness should carry a prison sentence.
If these people were identified and prevented from going through the gates at the airport, that would solve these problems and ensure that it was not necessary to take people through the courts and jail them.
It would then enable responsible drinkers to have a little tipple on the plane.
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25-08-2017, 14:35
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Re: Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
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As I said, rules can be changed and enforced. Drunks in airports stand out a mile and they should be told to sober up and get another ticket for the next day.
If you can't enforce straight forward rules with all that security at our airports, it's a pretty poor show.
What happens on trains is completely different. There is a distinct lack of security at stations. That's something else the government should be looking at, incidentally.
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They are obviously not listening then..
https://www.theguardian.com/business...anair-airports
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25-08-2017, 15:07
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Re: Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
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I mean if you target teenagers going to Ibiza then you're going to find trouble. Solution: Ban it for certain locations/flights. Scan the ticket before someone gets on: Ibiza? No. Prague? Fine. etc etc
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25-08-2017, 16:41
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Re: Ryanair calls for two-drink limit at airports
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I mean if you target teenagers going to Ibiza then you're going to find trouble. Solution: Ban it for certain locations/flights. Scan the ticket before someone gets on: Ibiza? No. Prague? Fine. etc etc
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But that would still spoil things for the responsible drinkers on the plane. No, it should be the misbehaving that receive the punishment, not the rest of us (the vast majority).
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