Crazy passengers on Aussie flights driven by alcohol

[marki]

In the Republic of Georgia you will see on the side of the road shrines to those who have died along the way mostly from alcohol induced LOC(loss of Consciousness). Some have bottles of vodka to toast those not amongst us anymore. By the time the airport is reached you may well be flying in another world (sic!). But what a good idea......Wonder why it never caught on here in Australia

 

[Hvr]

And yet another incident (date 17 Jan 16):

A man on board a Perth flight bound for Sydney had to be restrained by passengers and an air marshal after he became aggressive when flight attendants refused him drink service.


The man was travelling on a Qantas flight on Sunday morning when the incident occurred.


Passenger Simon Bowen, who was escorting a group of Hale School students to a cricket tournament in Sydney, told ABC 720 the "abusive" and "violent" incident started about half an hour into the four-hour journey.

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Interesting that an air marshal happened to be aboard.

 

[anat0l]

And yet another incident (date 17 Jan 16):


Interesting that an air marshal happened to be aboard.

Also, the line in the comments oft proffered... it's too much trouble to serve alcohol and rely on people to be good with it, so ban it (alcohol on board, that is).

 

[Foreigner]

Everyone handles alcohol differently.

I can have 16 beers and be as quiet as a church mouse and not bother anyone. Other people can have 2-3 drinks and go crazy. I am not saying I want to have 16 beers all the time but the option should be there to allow me to have a drink if I so wish.

One possible solution to the problem is these type of offences need to carry stiffer penalties not just a slap on the wrist.

Hope you don't drink and drive

 

[UP4014]

The thin end of the wedge will I have the ban alcohol on the BAM. :shock:

It would make for a long trip.

Cheers

Matt

 

[russ]

Article has since been amended to state
A Qantas spokesman said, however, there was no air marshal on board the flight.

 

[marki]

Also, the line in the comments oft proffered... it's too much trouble to serve alcohol and rely on people to be good with it, so ban it (alcohol on board, that is).

Unless your in first ...... First class passengers are just that first class

 

[JohnK]

Hope you don't drink and drive

Yes I do.

Do you mean do I drive when I am drunk? Answer is not always.

Another useless statistic. I have had 4 car accidents in my life. I was sober each time. I think I have also had 4 speeding fines. Yep you guessed it. Sober each time.

Statistics can be misleading. Don't lower everyone down to the lowest common denominator. If they actually policed and penalised poor driving our roads would be much better for it.

 

[Foreigner]

16 beers is quite an appetite. I manage a couple, comfortably. Pref. Midstrength

 

[JohnK]

16 beers is quite an appetite. I manage a couple, comfortably. Pref. Midstrength

LOL. It's a number I plucked out of the air. I can drink more and have done so many times but age catches up though and the appetite goes.

 

[medhead]

Interesting that an air marshal happened to be aboard.

Except there wasn't...

Also, the line in the comments oft proffered... it's too much trouble to serve alcohol and rely on people to be good with it, so ban it (alcohol on board, that is).

Yes, there are a number of stupid comments on that story. roughly 160000 people fly around australia everyday, yet someone thinks that this type of rare one off incident will result in banning alcohol being served on board. Wild leap there, especially considering the guy had no alcohol served to him on board the flight.

Then there was the usual why show a picture of a 747. As if that is of any relevance.

There is also the guy who asks us to "look at how many 787s are flying after 10 to 12 year". Umm - NONE.

I am really not that interesting redhead, I have no attitude, I try not upset anyone except myself maybe. :mrgreen: English language has a difficult time at times and things(words) can be interpreted from ones own perspective. I have done it myself.

Granted english is a difficult language. But it is pretty brave to claim "I" and "you" can be interpreted as being the same.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Banning alcohol would be a waste of time and woukd not mean the end of onboard incidents.

People would still take drugs which are s much bigger problem. A ban on alcohol could in fact cause in increase in mid-air altercations.

An airline employee in BNE had his nose broken buy a pax when he had to offload them from a flight to Moranbah.

The pax who was high on ice at the time headbutted him then tried to choke him.

 

[anat0l]

An airline employee in BNE had his nose broken buy a pax when he had to offload them from a flight to Moranbah.

The pax who was high on ice at the time headbutted him then tried to choke him.

Any idea what happened to that passenger?

Hope that employee had his nose fix up covered, either by insurance and/or the idiot passenger.