Drink limit on flights??
Apr 18, 2011, 6:56 pm
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Drink limit on flights??
So I am 3 hours into a flight as we speak from MSP to LAS and enjoying some rum and cokes and surfing the net. The FA walks by and I ask for another rum and coke when she gets a chance... and I get the look. "Well, it's only been 3 hours and this will be your 4th drink. I'll get this one, but it will be your last because I dont feel comfortable serving more than 4 in that time period". OK. So let me get this straight... it is my day off and I finally get to have some drinks on the flight, I am not being loud or obnoxious, It is a long flight and I weigh about 210. 4 drinks in 3 hours is not sending me over the edge... or even getting me a buzz
I think she is being lazy and does not want make anymore drinks.
I think she is being lazy and does not want make anymore drinks.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:02 pm
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The flight attendant made a proper call within her discretion. She is not the person at the fair grounds who makes a guess at weight and one drink per hour is well known gauge many people use. Many a flight attendants can attest to someone acting perfectly normal and all of sudden they are crazy as can be.
I think you can google some stories....the guy who relieved himself in the galley or the one who tried to leave excrement in the cart or the guy who just took his pants off mid flight.
I think you can google some stories....the guy who relieved himself in the galley or the one who tried to leave excrement in the cart or the guy who just took his pants off mid flight.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:12 pm
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[QUOTE=Centurion;16241300]The flight attendant made a proper call within her discretion.
I disagree. She made a call which may well have been within her discretion, but what exactly makes it "proper"? Seems to me that she's more than a little out of bounds. From the OP's info, it appears that he's had three drinks over the course of three hours. At his weight, a normal male will metabolize about one ounce of alcohol per hour. Presuming he's been served drinks with about one ounce of alcohol, he's fully sober and most likely would blow a .02 or less. The FA was out of line, but what's new? That seems to be more and more the case since the new Delta arrived.
I disagree. She made a call which may well have been within her discretion, but what exactly makes it "proper"? Seems to me that she's more than a little out of bounds. From the OP's info, it appears that he's had three drinks over the course of three hours. At his weight, a normal male will metabolize about one ounce of alcohol per hour. Presuming he's been served drinks with about one ounce of alcohol, he's fully sober and most likely would blow a .02 or less. The FA was out of line, but what's new? That seems to be more and more the case since the new Delta arrived.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:23 pm
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Any person who serves alcohol in this day and age should know that they can be held legally liable and/or face employer sanctions if they over serve customers. Although the OP may not have felt intoxicated and may not have even been intoxicated, the FA was totally within her rights and responsibilities. If anything had gone wrong, it would have fallen on her shoulders.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:23 pm
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The flight attendant made a proper call within her discretion. She is not the person at the fair grounds who makes a guess at weight and one drink per hour is well known gauge many people use. Many a flight attendants can attest to someone acting perfectly normal and all of sudden they are crazy as can be.
I think you can google some stories....the guy who relieved himself in the galley or the one who tried to leave excrement in the cart or the guy who just took his pants off mid flight.
I think you can google some stories....the guy who relieved himself in the galley or the one who tried to leave excrement in the cart or the guy who just took his pants off mid flight.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:37 pm
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There are very large variables here. I certainly can believe the OP could do twice this w/o a significant problems (his handle is a clue). While others would already be staggering at 3-4.
It is always the servers responsibility to not over serve. Some have good judgement on this, others do not.
FA's are not hired as bartenders, so if her judgement was off that is really not a big issue.
It was the OP's last drink anyway I assume, so no harm, no foul.
As an aside, on my last E->W TPAC flight when the FA took orders for tea/coffee I ordered beer. She said, but that is breakfast, I replied it is 5 o'clock somewhere :-)
It is always the servers responsibility to not over serve. Some have good judgement on this, others do not.
FA's are not hired as bartenders, so if her judgement was off that is really not a big issue.
It was the OP's last drink anyway I assume, so no harm, no foul.
As an aside, on my last E->W TPAC flight when the FA took orders for tea/coffee I ordered beer. She said, but that is breakfast, I replied it is 5 o'clock somewhere :-)
Apr 18, 2011, 7:42 pm
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Any person who serves alcohol in this day and age should know that they can be held legally liable and/or face employer sanctions if they over serve customers. Although the OP may not have felt intoxicated and may not have even been intoxicated, the FA was totally within her rights and responsibilities. If anything had gone wrong, it would have fallen on her shoulders.
Apr 18, 2011, 7:46 pm
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Apr 18, 2011, 8:09 pm
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I can't say I've ever been cut-off. In fact, in the last week I've had a couple of quite generous FA's. On one flight, I ordered wine and instead of bringing me a little wine glass, the FA brought out a big mixed drink tumbler and filled it up to the top. When I finished it, she came back to refill it and I had to tell her to stop before she filled it to the top again. On another flight, I'd had 3 or 4 Dewar's and Diets and was starting to slow down a bit. I had a half glass left and the ice had melted. I got up to go to the bathroom, and when a returned I found the FA had left me a fresh drink at my seat.
Apr 18, 2011, 8:21 pm
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In fact, in the last week I've had a couple of quite generous FA's. On one flight, I ordered wine and instead of bringing me a little wine glass, the FA brought out a big mixed drink tumbler and filled it up to the top. When I finished it, she came back to refill it and I had to tell her to stop before she filled it to the top again. On another flight, I'd had 3 or 4 Dewar's and Diets and was starting to slow down a bit. I had a half glass left and the ice had melted. I got up to go to the bathroom, and when a returned I found the FA had left me a fresh drink at my seat.
Apr 18, 2011, 8:30 pm
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This is just ridiculous.
It's understandable if a pax is showing visible signs of intoxication but to use the excuse "I'm not comfortable" makes me question the motives of the FA.
It's understandable if a pax is showing visible signs of intoxication but to use the excuse "I'm not comfortable" makes me question the motives of the FA.
Apr 18, 2011, 8:34 pm
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I had one of my guys comeing back from ANC the other day and I knwo he had a ton to drink. His answer was what else can I do on a flight for that long.
