Originally Posted by
Longtimer
I can remember sitting in the staff restaurant in GVA (Swissair) in the 70s and observing aircrew in uniform along with other uniformed staff (agents, AMEs etc) enjoying their split of wine with lunch. When flying on Swissair it was not unusual to see a meal tray, containing a split of wine, being served to those in the cockpit; No accidents accredited to this. Perhaps we are now in the grasp of 'Political correctness" vs reality.
Now we are blaming political correctness for "checks notes" not letting captains drink alcohol on flights or in public at airports before flights. You people are amazing.