Originally Posted by
Sam Bee
Fair. My usage of the term 'posh' is largely tongue in cheek as the proposed ban is not targetting the flyertalk demograph, more the loco / charter stag do / weekend away travellers which has been a large driver of the growth in air travel in the last couple of decades. I was probably responding to the snobbery i've seen with regards to this article elsewhere (not on this thread I should say!) but can't support a ban on alcohol for those not travelling in business - should go hand in hand with an airport wide ban, or, more sensibly just be policed better!
It's like banning babies in business classes. You can't have dual standards!
I am not sure why a lot of the flyertalk members would not be being targetted - it seems that binge drinking is rather overly promoted on FT , just that the bingeing is on expensive alcohol - alcohol effects are not based on the retail price of the drinks
If it comes to pass, hopefully this will mean that the lounges will start offering a better selection of non alcoholic drinks