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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 9:27 pm
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Originally Posted by yyzlhr
You do need a liquor licence to buy from the liquor store - and your limit monthly is based your monthly salary . I have lived here for a year and not bothered with the licence. Never heard anything about booze on plane being an issue.
...until this incident

I don't drink, so I don't really know all the details as I said before. However, IMHO, the liquor license seems to be being used as an 'excuse' rather than something that is actually the law - I doubt that very many people get a license before flying, if any.

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