Jack D
The meals I was speaking about were specific crew meals. We had no passenger meals on board as we were short haul for them. My main concern was always that any passengers on board , especially nervous ones, would be very concerned at the thought of pilots drinking alcohol whilst flying. How would they know that it was drunk later after work? Which is exactly what used to happen to my bottle!
I see your point .. glad you kept it for later ! All I can say is that in SR alcohol consumption in the cockpit on duty was forbidden and this rule was adhered to by everyone I ever flew with ... crew meal trays had no wine bottles, pax trays had them and were sometimes offered if they were more appetizing than the crew meals but the vino was ignored ...