Originally Posted by
WHBM
I think the two are actually connected. My suspicion (any evidence ?) is that such out-of-control pax on board are typically significant smokers, who unlike anywhere else have been denied their cigarettes for significant hours, from the moment they enter the airport. Yes, they likely take to drink in attempted mitigation, airport bars, in-flight service, or downing their duty-free, but it is the absence of nicotine in their bodies which drives the behaviour.
I suspect the behaviour is entirely the result of how society as a whole has changed coupled with the influx of (dare I say) cheap travellers in our new "steerage class"
