Grey Nomad

It's people like this that are going to get alcohol banned on planes eventually. Unfortunately when rules are made they have to account for the most idiotic people in society.

bhbloke

😂

Like a fine wine that has improved with age, I'm sure he's now been upgraded to very good looking?

Cw novice

The counter point being is if alcohol is complimentary but distribution more controlled is the behaviour better.

As I said further up the introduction of the CT scanners and relaxation of the liquids rules may lead to more bring your own. In addition meaning free consumption post security before the flight boards.

Only way to do it would be to ban all hand luggage
liquids and vapes in the cabin and everyone is given two bottles of water pre boarding. Adjust the flight costs for the extra baggage handling etc. People will still want to go to Ibiza.

Arctic Troll

The problem isn't consumption on the plane, it's the skin full they've had in the airport prior to boarding. Two much easier solutions: bar staff in the airport start abiding by the licensing laws and stop serving drunks, and gate staff start denying boarding to people who are off their faces.

As for the EasyJet larks, maybe I'm soft but I don't see the issue. A toilet isn't a public space and the door only opened because the cabin crew used the emergency handle. All very disgusting though- it's a nasty enough experience having a quick wee in those toilets, I can't imagine spending long enough in one to get to the Billy Mill Roundabout (one for my fellow Geordies).

As for package holidays, I've gone to Ibiza a few times on Jet2 from both Newcastle and Leeds. Never any bother. But then with Jet2's prices these days you won't get the riff-raff, they'll all be on Ryanair.

chriswiles

I travel to IBZ, a lot. Possibly 5 visits from May through October. I used to fly from Bristol and stopped for this reason. Found the best 'normal' flight to IBZ tends to be from LCY. Usually quiet, too. I've seen Pete Tong on this flight, in CE, on at least 4 occasions. And James Blunt, who I then sat next to in Santa Gertrudis eating a pizza with his kids a few days later.

Bohinjska Bistrica

Sadly, this is the market that IBZ captures. For all the slagging BA gets on here for being no better than a LCC, it is perceived differently outside this forum and therefore isn't as badly affected as the likes of easyJet or Ryanair are in terms of bad behaviour from passengers. It's assumed to be more expensive and therefore gets away with some of the bad stuff.

Duck1981

Even worse is that the video we are discussing here was initially posted online by the Gentleman's mother.

(potentially I am missing the educational aspect of doing so though)

SonTech

Ibiza is literally an island of 2 halves, the party side and the quiet side. Depending on the time of year and week, has 2 completely different clientele. You have the flights where just about everyone is going to the party side and are teenagers or young 20 somethings and other times it's all families and older couples going to the quiet side of the island. You do occasionally get a flight or two made of the two so we normally warn the youngsters before hand to keep it down on those.

South London Bon Viveur

Funny you should say that...BA do seem to be heading in the package holiday airline direction

chriswiles

But most of Ibiza isn't like that at all. Mostly San Antonio and Cala Bassa during the day. The rest of the island is very chilled. Loads of lovely farm-to-table restaurants, great beaches and good hotels.

South London Bon Viveur

The behaviour described above could just as easily have happened on AMS, Vegas, DXB, Palma- don't think for one minute that this is an IBZ specific thing.

If anything, Ibiza probably attracts a more upmarket crowd than many other tourist destinations served from the UK- not that upmarket means better behaviour per se....

chriswiles

When I flew Delta F a few times when I was in the US earlier this month, they were very reluctant to serve alcohol. Completely different vibe from BA CE. I'd say the majority of people didn't drink at all (going for diet coke's or similar) and if you pro-actively asked for a drink, you weren't turned down, but you got a look as if crew were saying "no, you don't ask, you wait for us to ask you...." and I noticed no-one else proactively asked either. They all waited for the crew to make their rounds.

BA CE and, frankly, Brits generally, feel like they need to down as much as possible as they've 'darn well paid for this!'. Makes me cringe so much when people write on here "the champagne was free-flowing" as if it's expected. There aren't that many other nations that act like that and admit they act like that.

Coffeemadman

Because it is expected. Providing you are not getting over the top and drunk and disorderly it is expected and what someone has paid for.

I realise this is probably a controversial view.

I am reluctant to go down the puritan route described. If a passenger has paid for business class and is drinking alcohol responsibly it is nobody's business how much they have.

IJN Harekaze

There is, I understand, a website dedicated to the procedures to be adopted for different aircraft - the easiest being the A380

So I believe... I have not visited the site myself to verify

stevie

Just don't ever book a back row seat on Easyjet, your expectations will not be met.