Should We Allow Passenger To Get This Drunk?

[jd_1984]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/naked-easyjet-passenger-tasered-video-2352531

Surely this highlights safety issues if passengers or either allowed to board drunk or become this drunk onboard. How could this guy be alert in the event of an incident!!

[TWR]

Definitely not, they can cause a lot of trouble with the cabin staff which should not happen, I think if on boarding a person smells and appears drunk he should not be allowed to board, I also think airlines should stop the sale of alcohol of all flights.

[emmie]

i have know people refused entry to board if they smell of alcohol or appear worse for wear, so that should have been the case here.

[boxtops]

I've seen passengers denied access to the plane because they were already drunk in the departure terminal.....

Some people are so scared of flying they need lots of drink for Dutch courage, but this behaviour's not excusable. I hope they do him for public indecency as well as being drunk on board. It's a real danger to the other passengers and flight crew.

[rockyracoon]

I hope they throw the book at him, I'm a very nervous flyer and someone kicking off like that would freak me out. Stupid prick.

[TWR]

My own opinion due to the severe safety Issue, Banned from every airline for life, more than likely some will say thats stupid! would that be said if these clowns brought down a plane full of innocent people?

[carolegif]

I bet after the slap, his partner had a right go at him, especially as her knickers are all over the internet!

[jno]

if he's drunk before he boards, you can stop him. If he doesn't start appearing drunk until he's in the air, there's not much you can do about it.

[jd_1984]

jno - you could stop serving him alcohol.
Obviously not sure how much he has consumed onboard. But the cabin crew have a responsibility for safety and shouldnt just dish it out. They say you can not take your own booze onboard because "crew can not monitor properly your intake of alcohol"

[sandyRoe]

They should have threw him off the plane.

[andy-hughes]

I think airlines are hoist by their own petard here.

They insist on passengers checking in several hours before their flight.

The passengers are then left with several hours of nothing to do, and a bar.

OK, people should not drink to excess before flying, but we have to allow for human nature here - and deal with what people do, and not what they ought not to do.

So if airlines took safety seriously, they would strip out the bars from every airport, and stop selling alcohol on flights.

And before anyone starts the 'that punishes moderate drinkers' argument, consider that there are plenty of cocaine and heroin users who could be judged 'responsible' - it doesn't follow that society will tolerate their drug of choice.

[mikey4444]

I would like to be there when his lady friend got him home !

[jno]

they may well have stopped serving him alcohol, jd, it doesn't say but they usually do if they spot anyone behaving suspiciously. They don't need the hassle themselves.