An airline official's anti-alcohol request can be a tough ask for passengers who drink.
Following comments by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary that Enforcing a two-drink limit Frequent fliers aren't too happy about a proposal to ban airport bars due to a rise in violence among passengers.
“We don't want to stop people from drinking,” O'Leary said this week. Wire“But we don't allow people to drink and drive, yet we continue to put them on airplanes at 33,000 feet.”
They argued that gate agents have difficulty identifying people who have consumed more than the prescribed limit of alcohol during boarding, and that enforcing alcohol limits would be unfair. Ensuring the safety of pilots, crew and fellow passengers,
“In the old days, people who drank too much would eventually pass out or fall asleep. But now even those travellers take pills and powders,” he said.
“It's a mix. You get Very aggressive behavior Which becomes very difficult to handle. And this is not just for the crew. Fighting among passengers on the plane has now become a growing trend.”
But passengers were not so enthusiastic about the prospects of a quiet flight, so reddit to express his adamant disapproval of O'Leary's suggestion.
“Ryan, don't you dare take away my access to drinking alcohol at the airport,” one man scolded.
“Insist we arrive at airports 3 hours early. Take away all the fun we get at airports,” another scoffed. “I'm not a huge fan of this proposal, not gonna lie.”
“Or, maybe there should be absolutely zero tolerance and anyone who commits violence on a plane should never be allowed to fly or leave the country again,” someone else argued, writing that plenty of passengers “don't start fights and violence when they're drunk.”
One alcohol-friendly traveler wrote, “I would be unable to fly. I get extremely nervous when flying and have found that having a few drinks helps me a lot.”
He said, “I don't get drunk, I don't hurt or bother anyone. Why should I be punished because other people can't handle their alcohol?”
