Absolutely correct BEagle. Right or wrong, the cabin staff are obliged to ensure that pax. are not sold in excess of their tax free allowance, let alone consume it whilst airbourne.
Despite that, to follow macky42's suggestion is typically "Blairish." Sure, let's punish the VAST majority of decent law abiding pax. because of the TINY minority of miscreants.
In reallity these kind of incidents are few and far between, particularly when you consider that the likes of just Airtours (sorry - Mytravel) and Britannia alone shift tens of millions of punters per annum, let alone adding the other carriers such as Air 2000, JMC et al to the equation - and that's just the U.K. charter market.
Regrettably these stories are given front page coverage by sensationalist tabloid media hacks. For Christ's sake, the BBC have just reported it ahead of the the Pope's latest escapades.
Last edited by PPRuNe Towers; 18th Aug 2002 at 17:59.