While on the surface, it sounds like a good idea, here’s the reality about that happening to prevent Hawaii flight disruptions. Flight attendants and FAA chime in.
While on the surface, it sounds like a good idea, here’s the reality about that happening to prevent Hawaii flight disruptions. Flight attendants and FAA chime in.
Raise the fines on passengers that are unruly on flights and ban them on all carriers and this will stop. To ban alcohol on flights is ridiculous. Those flight attendants for the ban should find another job! What’s next wanting to ban alcohol in bars and restaurants? Flight attendants today are doing and giving much less service than the flight attendants in the industry in the past. It is totally ridiculous now of the what you receive from the US airlines!
Dear Chas F.: why should flight attendants who are concerned about passenger safety find another job? Sounds to me like you really like your alcoholic beverages. Nothing wrong with that, as long as your drinking habit doesn’t adversely affect the safety of others. That’s precisely why it’s illegal to drink and drive. Since the data are showing that dangerous passenger misbehavior is usually (not always, but mostly) directly attributable to alcohol consumption, it’s logical and reasonable to tightly control alcohol use on board the aircraft – just like it is while driving a motor vehicle. Cheers!
Sounds like you might become the next unruly passenger.
I think as a great deterrent, any passenger/s that are unruly, cause a flight to turn around, divert from flight, strike a flight attendant or other passenger/s, should be banned from all airlines permanently!
And recently there was a news report where the TSA was deploying (against their will) Air Marshall’s to assist border patrol officers. How crazy is that? And the comment above is very true, they cannot reveal themselves unless there is an imminent threat etc. What a place to be put in.
I agree that alcohol should not be sold on airlines.
To clarify, I don’t think alcohol should be served on airlines.
1000% agree to no alcohol on flights!
Aloha BOH,
I would say this; we can’t have Air Marshals everywhere. The other reality is that most that do pay for 1st Class or pay specifically for food or drink, are going to expect that drink. I know I do.
What we can’t solve for with no flight alcohol is those that will simply “load up” at the airport terminal before they board. Side effect? No visibility to the flight attendants, because they didn’t serve the customer.
Lastly, I think the real answer here is that if you are going to act a fool on a flight, then you should expect to spend at least one year in Federal Prison. No debates, no concessions. If it’s deemed worse, then of course the punishment ladder climbs. There needs to be a defined minimum of accountability.
Mahalo,
TJ
While alcohol may be a contributing factor, I think that TSA procedures irritate and anger passengers before they ever get on the plane. TAA needs to greatly improve the their procedures to smoothly get passengers through their security processes. It is absolutely terrible the way they treat their paying passengers. We travel a lot. In the last 4 months we have been to Greece, Italy and Spain which involved many flights. We leave for Hawaii in two weeks. I dread the boarding process. Some of the Islands are the worst. No Precheck LIne. No First Class Line. No Medical implant line. Everyone in the same line for an hour in the hot sun, then try to shuttle them at the last minute to the line for their situation. Horrible Operational Planning.
Make people go to trial, if found guilty, two weeks mandatory jail time, a$10,000 fine, and ban them from any flights for 6 months.
I believe this would go a long way to end the problem.
It’s a long flight from Chicago to Maui and a cocktail or two doesn’t hurt anything.
Banning alcohol on flights will not solve the problem, as the belligerent ones will just get “hammered” at the airport bars and lounges beforehand. What about those of us who like to enjoy a cocktail to help ease the jitters of flying? I prefer to not “medicate” otherwise and a drink definitely calms my nerves.
To follow up, why are we “punishing” the rest of because of a few who will quite honestly be unruly whether alcohol is involved or not. Where do we stop with band?
They need to be reintroduced. Air Marshalls help with flight safety. The aircrew is great but they are also handling some unreasonable and demanding passengers and if a passenger is unruly such as throwing fecal materials just like that of the last AA flight from Phoenix then it should be handled by a more authoritarian figure. I remember as a kid and my Mom flying from San Francisco to New York the Air Marshall backed a flight crew for not letting a very inebriated and verbally abusive male passenger.