Yes, drinking three times as much as usual simply because you're on a plane seems like great idea at the time, and YES that hillarious scene from Bridesmaids looks ridiculously fun to reanact. But apparently we've all taken it too far, and as a result, there's a new crackdown on airplane boozing.
It's come as several airlines have warned the Government about the number of intoxicated air-incidents. Now ministers are considering a crackdown on airport-bars’ licencing rules, after more than 440 arrests were made in airports or on planes in the last two years.
The new guidelines could see airport bars being banned from selling alcohol around-the-clock and duty-free stores only being able to sell booze in sealed bags. The plans, announced by aviation minister, Lord Ahmad would also mean that passengers will be more likely to be stopped and face a travel ban if they behave badly when drunk. It’s all in attempt to stop disruptment and harassment on family and business travels. Lord Ahmad comments in an interview with the Press Association: ‘If you’re a young family travelling on a plane you want to go from point A to B, you don’t want to be disrupted.’
‘I don’t think we want to kill merriment altogether, but I think it’s important that passengers who board planes are also responsible and have a responsibility to other passengers, and that certainly should be the factor which we bear in mind’ Ahmad said.
Guidelines released today allow airports to voluntarily adopted a strict new code of conduct, including:
· A ban on people being drinking duty free brought alcohol, or taken to the airport themselves
· Duty free being sold in tamper-free bags or stored separately on flights so passengers cannot get at it.
· Bar staff being barred from selling to people who they believe are drunk or intend to consume 'excessively'
· Police seeking prosecutions for bad behaviour wherever possible
· Airlines seeking full compensation for disruptive behaviour, including for diversions, damage to aircraft, and delays
· Travel bans for people who behave badly when drunk
· Passengers being given advice not to 'open and consume alcohol before or during their flight.
And fair enough tbh. In February six men on stag party were arrested by German police in a notorious mid-air brawl, which caused a Ryanair flight from Luton to Bratislava, Slovakia, to divert to Berlin.
Another recent case involved a female passenger punching an easyJet pilot in the face after being ordered to leave an aircraft before it took off from Manchester in May.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.