I don't know why some posters get so aggressive in responding to a fairly simple and sensible question! It kind of reinforces the argument that the OP is making.
Drinking
is the business of airport staff, passengers and flight crew. Being drunk on board an aircraft isn't an activity you are doing in private. And just because you're not vomiting over a fellow passenger or abusing a member of the cabin crew doesn't make it an acceptable thing to do.
Anyway, another day and another drunkard who is banned from flying. Drunk at 10.30am!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...drunk-fly.html
A British holidaymaker was banned from a flight and escorted from the departures area at Manchester Airport for being too drunk to fly.
Police were called at 10:30am to remove the man from the secure area within the airport after he knocked over a display cabinet in a duty free shop.
It’s the latest incident involving boozy travellers and it has prompted further warnings from police, who are telling passengers to know their limits.
Until the airline industry and the police set some punishment examples and enforce a zero-tolerance policy, incidents like this will continue.
Some airline cabin crew could make a start by not encouraging excessive drinking on board during the flight.