Paxboy,
As airline staff I wasn't suggesting that pax get seriously drunk, that would be going to the extreme!
Since they banned smoking, and I am a smoker, there is bugger all else to do on a flight, no movie (inter Europe), bugger all food, have you seen the menu on Austrian Airlines? I for one am fed up with pizza slices and seafood baguettes thus a couple or so beers during the flight would not be considered unreasonable.
But ..... as an instance, KLM economy class, inter Europe, is like a desert, the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden but the other side of the curtain, in business class, the alcohol is flowing freely.
Now by your standards, why is it OK for a business class pax to get drunk and wet his seat but not OK for the guy sitting behind him to do the same?
The best way I find to get thru a non-smoking flight is to doze or sleep, I don't have to drive when I get to my destination thus a few beers, in moderation, will help me doze or sleep.
And, in 26ish years of regular travelling, I have never wet my seat nor offended another passenger. Your response was going to the extreme and referring to a very small minority and not the regular and sensible traveller.