bunch of hypocrites. if they want to turn bahrain into iran and grow the bootlegging business, it's up to them. all they will have achieved is turn alcohol from being the biggest legal vice to being the biggest illegal vice. hell, most of the alcohol in the region is hiding in saudi arabia and kuwait anyway, everybody knows that.
the big issue i have against this is that more and more people will end up taking their own alcohol in shot flasks. 10mls of hard liquor can still turn anyone into an uncontrollable drunk.
at least when passengers are being served alcohol, they are also being monitored at the same time and can be refused if the flight attendant deemed it prudent.