QF A330...
And there is no way that a pax who the ground staff say "has had a few" will be boarded due to the fact that they are an unknown risk and when they promise to have no more once they are boarded want another drink ASAP.
Safety first.
Not from my experience I'm afraid.
Place: Sydney. Date: Late December 2010. Flight: QF Link DHC-8 to a regional port. Passenger was allowed to board who was so p1ssed that an ultimatum was given to the cabin crew by some passengers that either HE gets off, or WE do. The offender could hardly talk OR walk, and should NEVER have been allowed to board the aircraft in the first place, because he would have obviously represented a known risk to ground staff
before as he was being boarded!
Ground staff were eventually called to intervene by the PIC when the pisshead threatened to biff another passenger who'd told him to sit down and behave himself, and he was removed from the flight, much to everyone's relief!
CAs handled the situation brilliantly!
