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Aeroplane passengers should be restricted to two drinks at airports, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has said.

Mr O'Leary said introducing alcohol limits at airports would help tackle a rise in disorder on flights.

Violent outbursts are occurring weekly due to alcohol, he said, especially when it is mixed with other substances.

"We don't want to begrudge people having a drink," he told the Daily Telegraph.

"But we don't allow people to drink-drive, yet we keep putting them up in aircraft at 33,000ft."

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[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Agree, but it's not on Ryanair to police that and should be at the discretion of the bar like it is everywhere else. If a bar overserves someone, fine them. If someone is unruly boarding or on a plane, either prevent them from boarding or ban them going forward and make the punishment hurt. There are plenty of people capable of drinking a handful of alcoholic beverages and functioning in public.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

The problem is that generally people who have several drinks lose their common sense, and you can't determine who will drink more and who will stop.

My father was an airline pilot, and often recounted stories of passengers who would become unruly and create safety concerns. He often used the expression "There are no road shoulders in the sky", meaning that if there are problems you can't simply pull over.

Also, most everybody who is drinking at an airport bar is boarding a flight, so if the drinker is drinking too much, they are going to bring the consequences of that over drinking on board.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Totally. I just don't take any issue at all with a company calling out they wish there were less/no drunk folks on their flying metal tubes.

Unfortunately idiots ruin it for the rest of us, who can happily sit in their own seat with a buzz on

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