<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by IFLYUA:
Since United is a US Flag carrier all US laws/regulations must be followed at all times, worldwide. Once you step on a US flag carrier's aircraft, you are as good as standing on US soil as far as laws/regulations are concerned. Thus the reason passengers under the age of 21 are not allowed to drink on an international flight.
-IFLYUA</font>
Minimum drinking age is defined by state law, not federal law. (Congress "strongly encourages" states to set it at 21 by making funding only available to states with 21 as the minimum drinking age.) This is why when the minimum age changed from 18 to 21, the effective date varied from state to state.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/caseco...ction_158.html
[This message has been edited by chrisny2 (edited Jan 16, 2004).]