Outlaw,
As I don't expect to have problem with this even thought I do enjoy a few slurps there is no beneficiary. None, nil, zip, nada.
I realise there is a contagion of conspiracy fear but frankly I'm not buying it on this one.
I do think you may be right in that the aforementioned little 5h!t (IMHO) is a corporate climber who is/has pushed certain policies to look good. However, this one isn't going to affect me or 99.9% of our colleagues.
To be blunt, if the quoted figures are correct
a bottle of wine or 5 pints of beer or a third of a bottle of sprits daily
I would not want to be flying with that person anyway.
Only saying...