Give me liberty or give me death!!

^ spotter

Vegasmusician, instead of posting to FT, couldn't you be song-writing right now?

"United Breaks Guitars, but Delta Cuts You Off"...

I thought about putting a couple minis in my plastic liquid ziplock bag but wasn't sure if TSA would hassle me or not. You could do what I saw a guy do last year in the SC at DTW, he poured vodka from the SC bar into an empty water bottle. If he drank that all in flight I am sure he was close to being passed out at the end of the flight:)

I once sat next to a guy from BHM-DTW on Delta and he was HAMMERED before the flight. I ended up getting a drink spilled on me bc the flight attendant was serving someone who was so obviously drunk.

During the flight he tried to pick a fight with other passengers, called me his n**** and gave me a fist pound (I am white), let everyone know he had a basketball championship ring from Florida but kept yelling Roll Tide MFer at people. He also sexually harassed the FA, I could go on and on.

Truthfully it was the best most entertaining flight I have ever and probably will ever be on but the FA never should of served this guy in the first place, and I think they ended up serving him 3. Might of been because the first one he paid with a $100 and told her to keep the change. When she told him no tips he said "I got money" and showed her a wad of bills. He also repeatedly showed me the money and offered to buy me drinks everytime he ordered.

I forgot to add my favorite part of the trip:
There was a baby in the row ahead of us who started crying during the flight. The drunk guy starts screaming "What the F*** is that noise?" "Is that a damn baby?" I lost it at this point and started laughing out loud. I felt like I was in a SNL skit.

Under FAA regs, and common sense, anyone who is drunk/intoxicated/impaired may be denied boarding, whether they are physically able or seemingly physically sharp or not is not the issue.

Dumb question for a flight attendant to ask, since of course, we all know that 100% of intoxicated/impaired people who are asked whether they will be driving after drinking will tell the truth, right? Some people will say whatever they feel is necessary to get the drinks that they want to have.

Not sure if a victim in a drunk driving accident could sue the airline (or any purveyor of alcohol) for not cutting someone off from alcohol? REALLY? YES, unequivocally, YES, a victim in a drunk driving accident could absolutely sue the airline, and not only that, the victim would win if the evidence proved that the perpetrator obtained the alcohol on the flight or in the club.

It was not a matter of the value of the alcohol, it was a matter of someone saying that they had to hide/smuggle/have more alcohol after they had been cut off after 4-5 drinks! That poster was being definite/always, you were being maybe/sometimes. Again, if each mini costs one penny, or if each mini costs one hundred dollars, the result is the same.

There have been several very thoughtful posts in this thread, but I think you've done a great job of providing the server's perspective.

This is why you order them 2 or 3 at a time and say it's for the entire row if the FA asks.

They can, and do and it goes nowhere. No one can prove passenger “x” did not deplane and drink some more prior to getting in their vehicle.

Getting into a car and driving after drinking is the sole fault of the driver.

well, if she can't "take the chance," she shouldn't serve anyone anything, right? i mean, you did say you'd be under the table with just one, so how's she know who that'd be and how's she going to risk it? :rolleyes:

And a fat guy with a bag full of candy bars doesn't have a problem either.

I always carry a PowerBar in my carry-on in case I miss a meal. But that's because I *need* to eat...

Sorry, but you are incorrect. Do you know how many bars and bartenders have been found liable for continuing to serve someone who has subsequently gone out and had a drunk driving accident? I certainly do not know the exact number, but the number is high.

This is true. Unlike a bar or restaurant that clearly has wittnesses - passangers deplane into an area where there are many places where alchohol is served. Without eyewhitnesses this kind of suit never goes anywhere.

Look it up - the success rate of suing airlines in this case is non-existant

FA's have to go with odds, common sense, experience, and gut feelings to make those sorts of judgments. There is clearly no hard and fast rule.

Not talking about a bar - I am talking about an airline.