This must surely rate as the most inane piece of stupidity to come out of the castle for quite some time.
WTF does management think pilots are? Bloody robots?
What do passengers think when they see pilots having a coffee in the terminal before boarding? "my god..the pilot is drinking coffee!!..how on earth can he possibly safely fly the plane?"
Smoking in uniform...certainly. Eating and drinking? FFS...grip it up AS.