May be 'free drinks' should be banned? At least you'd get served quicker.
This is one of the more stupid ideas of President Blair's nanny state - there is ample existing legislation to prevent drunken yobs boarding ac, but which airlines would actually have the spine to do so frequently?
Perhaps it's only because they're stupified by drink that the lager louts put up with the ridiculous seating pitch in the wretched charter airliners which ferry them to their fortnight in Oybeetha?