Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Unless you are taking hold baggage, checking in doesn't involve any human contact at all, so no chance of inebriation being detected at that point.
In fact if you check in online, you then have 24 hours of drinking time available before the flight departs .
I suppose you could be pulled up at security or at the gate if legless, but typically it's the cabin crew who end up dealing with it.
Exactly, Dave that sums it all up.
How the human interface now has disappeared until arriving at the gate, where there, with often vaguely trained agency handling staff have to recognise, and then deal with these scenarios -
Seems now they just allow them to board....Then it all kicks off - Poor crew and Poor passengers.