Originally Posted by
meh130
I've been cut off. And I have seen someone beside me get cut off. And I have seen FAs over serve people, myself included. The truth is an FA will be able to spot signs of intoxication before anyone else. Regardless, the FA has the authority. Of course, if the OP didn't like the situation, I suggest he get up and leave. Watch that first step.
Just like a bar, there is an issue of liability. Get off your plane, get into your car, and get into an accident, and the lawyers will come after Delta.
No way to say "meh" to the above, oh, SO BINGO!
I would like to add that although alcohol is available on airplanes, airplanes are not bars, and they are not for "getting full." There are too many factors at play here to even touch on. The risks of an intoxicated and unruly pax impacting 130 or 150 people are not worth taking against the relatively small benefits of one pax who believes that he can handle more than the person serving that pax feels comfortable with from his/her experience of serving thousands of people over a long period of time.