Originally Posted by
moeve
your husband is over 21 and it is his responsiblity to live with the consequences!
Except that bars
are held liable if one of their customers gets drunk and commits a crime (such as DUI or vehicular homicide), so the precedent is already there.
Originally Posted by
moeve
What in the world are these people thinking.
Deep pockets (or so they think).
Originally Posted by
Uniter
I think United deserves some of the blame
It's at least a violation of the FARs to serve an obviously drunk passenger. So, assuming the FAs are qualified to make that assessment, they will have to answer to the FAA at least.