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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by sweeper20
FA's are trained to spot and deal with drunk passengers. Its clear the FA interacted with this passenger, and maybe he/she decided they were not intoxicated enough to warrant further action. They see situations like this in the course of their duties. Could you tell me what training you have? It surely must be deeper than the FA's since you seem to have come to a different conclusion.
I think you're making an ad hominem argument here, but I might be mistaken and it's an appeal to authority argument. Feel free to elucidate.

Originally Posted by jackal
If you'd like this to be a teachable moment without any discipline going into the FA's employee file, write in but omit all the specifics about the route, date of flight, and all that. Just describe the situation itself and ask that you'd like Inflight to remind everyone about how to properly deal with alcohol.
This is the best idea I've heard and it's the course I'm going to pursue. Thanks to everyone for a good discussion that led to a useful path forward.
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