Originally Posted by
Metro man
In Australia, miners on fly in/fly out contracts to remote sites are deliberately taken to the airport as late as possible by the company to avoid them getting tanked up prior to take off. After check in its straight to the gate as boarding has already started.
Not just in Australia. Same thing used to happen at EDI. Years ago I checked in charter flights to Greenland for some drilling company, I forget exactly what they did, but I know booze was not allowed on site and they would be gone for weeks on end. Anyway, the rep from the company had to go through the bags pre-check in and make sure they had no booze in there. they were forbidden from buying any booze in the airport, again their bags were checked at the gate. The check in desk opened an hour before the flight, closed a -30, boarding started at -25, so no chances at all to get to the bars.
If only all flights could be the same.
