I rarely drink on the ground or in steerage. When up front I'll have 2 or 5.

No I why.

In J or F, I enjoy trying wine that I would generally not buy for myself. As premium travel is a nice treat, I like the celebration aspect of the flight.

It also helps me sleep. While J/F seats are amazing compared to Y, I still don't sleep as well as I do at home. A few drinks makes it easier to fall and stay asleep.

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Yes Please!

(Oh...was there something to discuss?)

"Free goods are always over consumed." - Lord Robbins

When I hold an event with "open bar" i.e. free, consumption is 3x that of a "cash bar."

I didn't say "you haven't FELT heavy drinking, I said you haven't SEEN heavy drinking." :D

Heavy drinking on flights
 

I just feel it's no a very good idea to get drunk and realise it's dehydrating your body. one would sur3ly feel pukish out of heavu drinking eventually.. isn't it? has anyone encountered a follow passenger binge drinking and eventually vomiting in the flight? mine was terrible an experience...

Depending on my energy level and type of work, I can sometimes be very productive doing actual work whilst enjoying "free" beverages mid-flight.

If they are free, I drink heavily. Because why not. I've stood glassy eyed at customs in Frankfurt at 8am and it just makes the process easier.

Jack and Cokes in Y (with ebay purchased drink vouchers of course for UA) or if i'm in C or better whatever special wine or liquors they have available.

It helps get through of some of the awful IFE movies as well.

I used to drink regularly or heavily (if one believes the medical profession's definition of heavy drinking!) regardless of whether it was directly out of my own pocket in a bar/from a supermarket or "free" in an airline lounge/in a hotel club lounge/on a plane.

I stopped completely one month ago as my travel schedule intensified greatly this year and I find I just cannot honestly operate nearly as well on frequent zone/country/culture changes when the body is also recovering from alcohol. I used to hold the view oft-expressed by some here that it helps as an anesthetic and a brain number but now feel quite differently as I am more alert on arrival in a new locale.

Now I just wish airlines would introduce a non-alcoholic J class fare so that I my reduce my travel costs by not having to subsidise the copious champagne/whisky intake of some fellow passengers! I do think it off when some, obviously unaccustomed to drinking in their day-to-day lives, over indulge and become obnoxious on long haul flights. Had to endure a giant of a man who demolished rather too much champagne lying with his filthy bare feet (yes he was that tall) on the back of the Club World seat in front of him all the way back from LAX last month. Rather spoiled the atmosphere on the upper deck but apparently BA do not see fit to dictate minimum standards...

On a mission
 

I recently instructed my 78th AA FC attendant in the making of a "French 75," my goal for this year was to reach 100 FAs. Likely to settle into my plat status with little or no flying until 2014. Will I reset the counters?
P.S. On board it is made only with cognac and champagne.

I don't drink that much these days, too much work and school work. The plane is kind of a break for me sometimes, and is usually the start or end of a vacation so I like to have a few celebratory drinks. I also fly a lot of redeyes and it's much easier to go to sleep with a subtle, relaxed buzz. The only time I drink heavily in the air is if I'm traveling with a friend (or the FA is quick with the refills).

I don't mind other people drinking heavily, I've never really seen anyone get out of hand...generally they just get hammered and pass out. As long as they aren't driving when they get off the plane then it's no harm to anyone else!

[QUOTE=Elevate;21921193]I used to drink regularly or heavily (if one believes the medical profession's definition of heavy drinking!) regardless of whether it was directly out of my own pocket in a bar/from a supermarket or "free" in an airline lounge/in a hotel club lounge/on a plane.

I stopped completely one month ago as my travel schedule intensified greatly this year and I find I just cannot honestly operate nearly as well on frequent zone/country/culture changes when the body is also recovering from alcohol. I used to hold the view oft-expressed by some here that it helps as an anesthetic and a brain number but now feel quite differently as I am more alert on arrival in a new locale.

Now I just wish airlines would introduce a non-alcoholic J class fare so that I my reduce my travel costs by not having to subsidise the copious champagne/whisky intake of some fellow passengers! QUOTE]

Perhaps I misunderstand? But it sounds like you quit drinking alcohol one month back and want the world/people/airlines around you to change? :confused:
What about all the non drinkers while you were "drinking heavily"?
I don't drink alcohol at all but am perfectly happy to see others indulge or overindulge as I am neither their conscience nor an enforcement person of any kind (unless they fall on me or throw up on me of course - then it bothers me :)

When I flew F on TG, the flight attendants were weirded out when I declined their offers for alcohol. They asked several times and asked if I was sure. Alcohol has no value to me.

However, I was more than happy to eat the caviar. :p

I drink maybe once a week at home. Primarily because I don't want the extra calories. But flying - if I am not going to be driving & don't have business on arrival, I'll have a couple, sometimes three. Maybe 1 every few hours. If in F or J, it's sort of a break from home where I don't like to drink in front of the kids. I've never seen another PAX completely smashed, but maybe some of them just absorb the booze better than me; I'm only 160#.

Where a PDB helps is to relax and watch the boarding street circus when you know a flight is packed and you see all the signs of pax strife; e.g., rebooks/delays, multiple large bags, double deck strollers, gate lice already using profanity at the gate...