Originally Posted by
bill fly
Jumping to conclusions isn’t a good idea on this forum... In 72 I joined SR. The rules were that the only place one could drink in uniform - after flight nota bene - was in the Staff restaurant or in the Crew House - SR‘s own crew hotel in GVA.
I never saw alcohol consumed either before flight or in a cockpit, short or long haul. There was an eight hour bottle to throttle rule, which might be a bit lenient these days - was the same as in the RAF.
Went to some IATA meetings in GVA by the way to observe freight prices being fixed. Could it have been with you?
Not involved in anything like that. Dangerous goods, communication (message formats) , ULDs and live animal handling. Don't remember any pilots in our groups.
Re the wine, I def. saw the trays going into the cockpit, never of course saw any consumption and I would have been surprised if there was any but the presence of the bottles on the trays did of course create speculation.