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Feb 10, 2016, 8:53 am
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Feb 10, 2016, 8:56 am
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The FA was wrong and not following federal regs and probably the airlines own rules.
14 CFR 121.575 - Alcoholic beverages.
§ 121.575 Alcoholic beverages.
(a) No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him.
(b) No certificate holder may serve any alcoholic beverage to any person aboard any of its aircraft who—
(1) Appears to be intoxicated;
(2) Is escorting a person or being escorted in accordance with49 CFR 1544.221; or
(3) Has a deadly or dangerous weapon accessible to him while aboard the aircraft in accordance with49 CFR 1544.219, 1544.221, or 1544.223.
(c) No certificate holder may allow any person to board any of its aircraft if that person appears to be intoxicated.
IMHO, I would be filing a complaint with the airline and the FAA.
14 CFR 121.575 - Alcoholic beverages.
§ 121.575 Alcoholic beverages.
(a) No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him.
(b) No certificate holder may serve any alcoholic beverage to any person aboard any of its aircraft who—
(1) Appears to be intoxicated;
(2) Is escorting a person or being escorted in accordance with49 CFR 1544.221; or
(3) Has a deadly or dangerous weapon accessible to him while aboard the aircraft in accordance with49 CFR 1544.219, 1544.221, or 1544.223.
(c) No certificate holder may allow any person to board any of its aircraft if that person appears to be intoxicated.
IMHO, I would be filing a complaint with the airline and the FAA.
Feb 10, 2016, 12:37 pm
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Feb 10, 2016, 3:12 pm
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Feb 13, 2016, 4:24 pm
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I don't understand why you fault the guy for making you get up so that he could get into the window seat, but I get the concern that the pax could become belligerent or get sick if he kept getting alcohol.
Was on a TPAC DFW-NRT flight with a highly-intoxicated seatmate who began projectile vomiting about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the meal service. He must've gone through five rum minis (in addition to the pre-departure drink and the drinks mixed in the galley) in the first 1.5 hours of the flight. Was talking to him in the lounge before the flight and he was pounding drinks there, too. He probably should not have been served any more alcohol after the second round.
Maybe your FA felt that he wasn't a problem, or that giving him drinks would keep the peace. Maybe his drinks were getting increasingly more "watery." I've been on flights where I've found my drinks getting increasingly more diluted after I've been through a few.
Was on a TPAC DFW-NRT flight with a highly-intoxicated seatmate who began projectile vomiting about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the meal service. He must've gone through five rum minis (in addition to the pre-departure drink and the drinks mixed in the galley) in the first 1.5 hours of the flight. Was talking to him in the lounge before the flight and he was pounding drinks there, too. He probably should not have been served any more alcohol after the second round.
Maybe your FA felt that he wasn't a problem, or that giving him drinks would keep the peace. Maybe his drinks were getting increasingly more "watery." I've been on flights where I've found my drinks getting increasingly more diluted after I've been through a few.