Stag Do's - How far can they go?
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Stag-do's.. how far can they go?
Stag do's on the continent have proliferated in the last three years thanks to the budget airlines offering a value for money alternative to London, Brighton, or the village hall. The most popular at Gatwick are Germanwings to CGN, Estonian to TLL, Centralwings to KRK, and Easyjet to many other interesting destinations. The RyanAir Service to Dublin is popular, as was the BMI Baby service before it was axed. I have seen grown men dressed as everything from chickens to Elvis, and, as recently as yesterday, I witnessed about twenty guys dressed as sailors checking in on a flight to Tallin. Hen do's are just as popular, and anyone who moans about being on an aircraft with a stag party... just thank your lucky stars it wasn't a hen party!
The trend seems to be that all the participants wear matching polo shirts/T shirts, with their nickname/handle on the reverse, such as 'Gazman', 'MooseMagnet', 'Big Dick' , etc. Also seems to be a trend for titles such as 'Bride's Mum', 'Brides best mate', 'Brides neighbour', etc.
This does not appear to be the preserve of the 'Chavs', who until recently could never have afforded air travel, moreover, there seems to be no class divide here. Yesterday's sailors were all middle class chaps with professional jobs.
As for the issue of the serving of alcohol, this should be at the discretion of the purser/IFS/CSD, who should be held responsible in the event that his action compromises the safety of the ship.
Jonathan.
The trend seems to be that all the participants wear matching polo shirts/T shirts, with their nickname/handle on the reverse, such as 'Gazman', 'MooseMagnet', 'Big Dick' , etc. Also seems to be a trend for titles such as 'Bride's Mum', 'Brides best mate', 'Brides neighbour', etc.
This does not appear to be the preserve of the 'Chavs', who until recently could never have afforded air travel, moreover, there seems to be no class divide here. Yesterday's sailors were all middle class chaps with professional jobs.
As for the issue of the serving of alcohol, this should be at the discretion of the purser/IFS/CSD, who should be held responsible in the event that his action compromises the safety of the ship.
Jonathan.
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Most drunken mob I've ever seen on an aircraft was back in good old Air UK days (sadly missed) - a BAe 146 ABZ-AMS... Bunch of flight attendants in civvies on a training jolly? to AMS took out the last two rows at the back, (handy for the Galley) and were on the Bucks Fizz from when the wheels went clunk... They'd obviously been giving it large in the bar and simply continued on the a/c. Extreme hilarity fuelled by continuous supply ensued, and the on-duty cabin crew simply added to the party. Bad news - shocking turbulence into AMS for the last 20 mins of the flight - excellent... They may well have drunk the bar out of Bucks Fizz, but they also managed to fill most of the honk-bags on board...
I see no reason, other than commercial profit, why passengers should be allowed to board an aircraft whilst drunk to the extent of causing upset to others, nor do I see any reason for cabin crew to continue to serve alcohol to groups that are already getting loud and upsetting to others.
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I didn't think you drank Omaha?
Being a teetotaler doesn't mean one is a stick in the mud, it just means one doesn't drink.
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I fly for bmibaby and the crew absolutely dread friday night Prague's.
If a pax smells of booze and is walking, well lets say not in a straight line, then they dont even get past the front door and if their mates kick off about this... then they dont get past the front door ethier!!
As regards to serving them more booze.....sometimes its just easier to serve them booze, rather then been shouter and sworn at...it serves for a queit (so to speak) life. And as for sitting them at emergency exit rows...you have know choice when you only have a aircraft full of men on stags, but if push came to shove, im sure they would have that exit opened in a second!!
If a pax smells of booze and is walking, well lets say not in a straight line, then they dont even get past the front door and if their mates kick off about this... then they dont get past the front door ethier!!
As regards to serving them more booze.....sometimes its just easier to serve them booze, rather then been shouter and sworn at...it serves for a queit (so to speak) life. And as for sitting them at emergency exit rows...you have know choice when you only have a aircraft full of men on stags, but if push came to shove, im sure they would have that exit opened in a second!!
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Hi!
I'm crew on a full fair, premium carrier and i have been lucky enough not have experienced a stag party etc and wouldn't want to. However i know the airline i work for has a zero tolerance attitude towards drunks and more importantly safey. Anyone jepardising safety will be dealt with accordingly!
The joys of flying with a low cost carrier, i would hate to be crew with one of those airlines! Thank god there's none of them down here in Oz, there are two low cost carriers down here, but luckily i don't think majority of the Australian passengers act up as they know there would be trouble.
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I'm crew on a full fair, premium carrier and i have been lucky enough not have experienced a stag party etc and wouldn't want to. However i know the airline i work for has a zero tolerance attitude towards drunks and more importantly safey. Anyone jepardising safety will be dealt with accordingly!
The joys of flying with a low cost carrier, i would hate to be crew with one of those airlines! Thank god there's none of them down here in Oz, there are two low cost carriers down here, but luckily i don't think majority of the Australian passengers act up as they know there would be trouble.
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Hello!
I am cabin crew with easyJet at LGW. I can honestly say that the vast majority of pursers that I have had the pleasure to work with will NOT allow drunk passengers on a flight.
I was recently operating a AGP-LGW and there was a drunk pax who did manage to get onto the aircraft (acted sobre on boarding) but his behaviour went down hill once he found a seat - so we off-loaded him. He was travelling with a fairly large chav party who all kicked off, but we as crew stuck to our guns and said that he would not be allowed to travel. The chavs didn't like it and started to swear to which my response was 'if you talk to me like that one more time, you will not be travelling at all' - The chavs response was to sit down and shut up.
Also recently, I operated two LGW-BCN flights, both of which had stag parties on them. The first BCN stag party was a well behaved jolly affair, and we as crew could join in the merriment with the pax - this was appreciated by the stag who said that it was the best flight he had ever had....
.... The next days BCN stag party was a different affair - 22 guys all badly behaved, foul mouthed and constantly out of their seats and standing in the aisles making lude remarks. When one of the group commented on the beer that we had, saying that it was a crap brand I replied by saying that unfortunately as a lo-cost carrier we don't carry a large selection, his reply was 'Lo-cost? f***ing lo-cost?, you call your self f***ing lo-cost?, I paid over a £100 f***ing quid for my f***ing ticket' my reply to him was a severe rebuke for using innappropriate language and I said that if I hear any more abusive language he will not be getting anything else to drink. His mate than started up and started swearing so I said to him that if I hear just 1 more swear word, nobody in his party will be getting anymore alcohol. From that point onwards, they were much better behaved and we didn't hear any more colourful language from them - although we did get the captain to turn the seat belt signs on around about 15 minutes early so that we could clean up the cabin and get some rest
I am cabin crew with easyJet at LGW. I can honestly say that the vast majority of pursers that I have had the pleasure to work with will NOT allow drunk passengers on a flight.
I was recently operating a AGP-LGW and there was a drunk pax who did manage to get onto the aircraft (acted sobre on boarding) but his behaviour went down hill once he found a seat - so we off-loaded him. He was travelling with a fairly large chav party who all kicked off, but we as crew stuck to our guns and said that he would not be allowed to travel. The chavs didn't like it and started to swear to which my response was 'if you talk to me like that one more time, you will not be travelling at all' - The chavs response was to sit down and shut up.
Also recently, I operated two LGW-BCN flights, both of which had stag parties on them. The first BCN stag party was a well behaved jolly affair, and we as crew could join in the merriment with the pax - this was appreciated by the stag who said that it was the best flight he had ever had....
.... The next days BCN stag party was a different affair - 22 guys all badly behaved, foul mouthed and constantly out of their seats and standing in the aisles making lude remarks. When one of the group commented on the beer that we had, saying that it was a crap brand I replied by saying that unfortunately as a lo-cost carrier we don't carry a large selection, his reply was 'Lo-cost? f***ing lo-cost?, you call your self f***ing lo-cost?, I paid over a £100 f***ing quid for my f***ing ticket' my reply to him was a severe rebuke for using innappropriate language and I said that if I hear any more abusive language he will not be getting anything else to drink. His mate than started up and started swearing so I said to him that if I hear just 1 more swear word, nobody in his party will be getting anymore alcohol. From that point onwards, they were much better behaved and we didn't hear any more colourful language from them - although we did get the captain to turn the seat belt signs on around about 15 minutes early so that we could clean up the cabin and get some rest
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Trust me - some of this pales into comparison at some of the rubbish I have had to put up with as a paying passenger on the train between Edinburgh & Newcastle .... the stuff of nightmares. I've learnt - and advise anyone else the same - if you are travelling south from Scotland, avoid Friday afternoon- to Saturday Afternoon, except the first Saturday trains. Some of these groups (and its usually the Hen parties) treat the other passengers like 
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