THE LAW stipulates that it is an offence for intoxicated persons to be admitted onboard an aircraft, and that in the event an individual is considered to be intoxicated, the crew are to refuse that person any further intake.
However, it appears from this report that QANTAS are now going to allow pax "self-administration" of alcohol - in an unfamiliar environment for many of them - thereby leaving the cabin crew to act as "policemen".
I can see this ending up in a pandemic increase in the number of confrontations between passengers and CC's.
There's something gravely amiss here, when - on the one hand - an airline publicly denounces the behaviour of a football team that runs amok on their aeroplane, and rips out seats and cabin interiors, but then turns around a few years later, offering a free, unrestricted, open bar!!
The word "
IRRESPONSIBLE" has a place somewhere in this scenario - most likely at the management decision level.