'Drunk' cabin crew claim cancels flight - Manchester to New York

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The key thing to remember at this point is that none of us actually know any of the facts for sure, beyond the information provided by the BBC.

Some folks are leaping in to their pre-prepared defensive positions and spouting the usual machine-gun nonsense:

• Crew are always drunk
• Crew are always reported out of spite
• Crew are always innocent
• It's all a plot by the media/pilots/management/BBC/tree huggers/Security Staff/Younger Crew/Older Crew/Chattering clases and for all we know the Democratic Republic of the Congo etc. etc. etc.

Everyone is entitled to a point of view, but to argue a theoretical point from a theoretical position with another person who is also taking up a theoretical position is just a bit silly?

The accusations will eventually be proven either true or false - at that point, we will all be better placed to argue the merits or otherwise of the situation.