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Would normallly laugh heartily "ho ho ho" but alas it twas an asian chappie... 42 years old travelling with his parents... so i fear it may have been a case of "someone stole the salmon from his sushi" 
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OK so now everyone knows the guy had "failed to take his medication".
Personally, I think check-in and ground staff are waaay too lenient on who they allow to proceed to boarding. Apparently this guy had also caused a commotion prior to boarding a flight in Japan earlier on in the journey.
How many times do you get the ground staff saying "we have a passenger who is a bit intoxicated...but should be ok". Yeah right buddy. You don't have to deal with him half way through the flight when the alcohol really hits him combined with the effects of altitude (fortunately neither do I, but the F/As do)
Anyone who is obviously intoxicated should be denied boarding FULL STOP.
There will be the odd case of someone being wrongfully offloaded (perhaps they slur their words due to a speech defect or are diabetic or something) but the benefits of not having disruptive drunks on board should outweigh the downsides.
As for on-board drinking...flight attendants normally have this in hand and SHOULD stop any problems before they occur.
People have to learn to behave themselves, or get used to taking a slow-boat (or bus or train)
Personally, I think check-in and ground staff are waaay too lenient on who they allow to proceed to boarding. Apparently this guy had also caused a commotion prior to boarding a flight in Japan earlier on in the journey.
How many times do you get the ground staff saying "we have a passenger who is a bit intoxicated...but should be ok". Yeah right buddy. You don't have to deal with him half way through the flight when the alcohol really hits him combined with the effects of altitude (fortunately neither do I, but the F/As do)
Anyone who is obviously intoxicated should be denied boarding FULL STOP.
There will be the odd case of someone being wrongfully offloaded (perhaps they slur their words due to a speech defect or are diabetic or something) but the benefits of not having disruptive drunks on board should outweigh the downsides.
As for on-board drinking...flight attendants normally have this in hand and SHOULD stop any problems before they occur.
People have to learn to behave themselves, or get used to taking a slow-boat (or bus or train)
