An airline driver’s anti-alcohol requirement can be a tall order for drinking passengers.
Following Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary’s comments about the need to introduce a two-drink limit at airport bars due to increased violence among aircraft passengers, frequent flyers are not too happy with the proposal.
“We don’t want to disturb people having a drink,” O’Leary said this week, via The Telegraph . “But we don’t allow people to drive drunk, yet we continue to put them on planes at 33,000 feet.”
He argued that gate agents have difficulty identifying over-served individuals during boarding and imposing a drink limit would protect the safety of pilots, crew and fellow fliers.
“In the old days people who drank too much would eventually pass out or fall asleep. But now those passengers are also on tablets and powder,” he said.
“It’s the mix. You get much more aggressive behavior that becomes very difficult to manage. And it’s not just about the crew. Passengers fighting each other is now a growing trend on board the aircraft.”
But travelers weren’t so excited about the prospects of discreet flying, taking to Reddit to express their strong opposition to O’Leary’s suggestion.
“Don’t you dare buy my drink at the airport, Ryan,” one person scolded.
“Insist that we go to the airport 3 hours early. Take away a thing that is even remotely nice in airports,” another scoffed. “Not a big fan of the proposal, not gonna lie.”
“Or, maybe just have absolutely zero tolerance and ban anyone who becomes violent on flights from being allowed to fly or leave the country again,” argued someone else, writing that many passengers “don’t start fights and become violent when drunk.”
“I wouldn’t be able to fly. I get really bad anxiety when I fly and I’ve found that certain drinks really help,” wrote one pro-drink traveler.
“I don’t break, hurt or upset anyone. Why should I be punished because other people can’t handle their drink?” they added.
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