...so banning alcohol is a step towards maintaining a safer environment for the majority because of the actions of the minority.
Behind you 100% on that one.
I like the occasional drink as much as the next guy, but an aeroplane is no place to do it to excess, and given that people seem unable to take responsibility for their own actions then maybe we need to do it for them.
After all, we can't smoke anymore, and if I can do without a cigarette from the moment I enter one terminal until I emerge at the taxi rank in a different country then I'm damn sure that people can do without alcohol for a few hours.
... But it'll never happen because drinks equals sales and the powers that be have evidently accepted the odd divert or arrest as a price worth paying for the extra revenue.
