Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
To place oneself in an enclosed environment with 180 people and expect all of them to bend their desires to your condition, particularly when the consumption of alcohol is one very common activity on a plane trip of 5 hours, is asking great tolerance of your fellow passengers.
Thanks for your insights and explanations. I tend to agree with your conclusion.
Can this condition be so extreme that someone drinking twenty rows away could cause an issue? If so, that must make normal life on the ground very difficult. Perhaps the air circulation on a plane makes the situation different.
These situations always bring up the question of how the needs of a few outweigh the needs/wants of the rest of the plane. Most people think that reasonable peanut restrictions are okay, as the effects can be potentially deadly.
While drinking alcohol is certainly a want, not a need, I think it is asking a lot to tell almost two hundred people not to drink unless the danger is very extreme. I know I would be disappointed if I wasn't allowed to drink on a flight, especially on long-haul J/F.
- Could a restaurant be expected to not serve alcohol if someone has this condition?
- Should an airline not be allowed to serve alcohol if it only causes minor discomfort, or only if the effect is severe? What if the reason is only moral/religious?
- What if someone is allergic to a medicine that someone must take during flight? Whose needs come first?