Drunk BA Cabin Crew

[3Greens]

Originally Posted by pilotmike

Considering that the means of detecting intoxication is by measuring the %age of alcohol per volume of exhaled breath, it is easy to smell the alcohol on the breath of someone with such a high concentration - irrespective of any mixer or other flavourings / aromas the drink contained.u

Anyone who can't smell such a high concentration of alcohol on someone else's breath either has a medical problem, or, is more than likely intoxicated themselves.

Correct, it not the choice of drink one can smell on a drunk person but the enzymes involved as the body breaks it down. That’s why you reek of booze after a session; you don’t smelll of fine wines or imported beer do you? It all smells the same when it’s coming from the gut.

[axefurabz]

who is going to tell the Scum how simple it is to tell the difference between a 787 and an A380? Or how to take 10 minutes to discover the flight on that day was with G-XLEB?

You really think these minor details are important?

[A Squared]

Originally Posted by KelvinD

Hmmm. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the lady in this case, something puzzles me: Decent vodka, being basically ethanol, is tasteless and odourless, making it the drink of choice for alcoholics etc. So how did the passenger "smell it on her breath"?

The idea that you can't smell vodka on the breath is one of those silly schoolyard myths. When you smell that someone's been drinking, you aren't smelling the flavor of the beverage that remains on the lining of their mouth. What you're smelling is the partially metabolized alcohol which is coming out of their bloodstream in their lungs and being exhaled. Doesn't matter whether it's vodka or tequila or whisky. Once you've got sufficient alcohol in your bloodstream, it comes out of your lungs with your breath. That's how a breathalyzer works.

[button push ignored]

I have never had a problem with any drunk female British Airways cabin crew.
I’ve had several of them, and they were great.

[sudden twang]

Originally Posted by ONE GREEN AND HOPING

.......Having listened to a couple or three tales of squished up Cattle-Class rides, albeit on US internals, I'm not sure it would make much difference in a rapid evacuation scenario if one or two cabin staff were gently trollied anyway. Disregarding the routine wind-up shock-horror witterings in the desperate Tabloids, and self needing to suffer long haul airline travel regularly on a tight personal budget squished into a tight personal space, I'll stick with BA. Once airborne everything always seems predictably calm, organised and disciplined. No over-long or copy-cat comedy P.A.s, no atmosphere of self empowered cabin police, and no hurry to whack off the lights and retreat to the galleys just because it's dark. Strictly a guess, but if a person has concerns about leaving in a hurry, surely best merely to choose an aisle seat, and know well your route to the nearest exit. Naturally, bearing in mind the needs of others, so without retrieving your shopping and random luggage of course.....Only ever did it once, and they allowed us back on later once the smoke had cleared to get our shoes.

Not everyone can have an aisle seat and even then the exit maybe 10 rows away.
Recent events BA38 BA LAS EK DXB etc etc suggest well trained EFFECTIVE cabin crew save lives.
PBI tread carefully or you’ll become a victim of the 2000 club. I hear there’s an area at HQ for pregnant crew. The other workers call it “pilot error”.

[Sorry Dog]

Originally Posted by Fliegenmong

My only real problem is for all the 'Show' during certification....I'd really like to see a cabin full evacuate in 90 secs in real time....Ha!!

With half the passengers taking their overhead with them too!

[underfire]

In my career I met more than one BA cabin crew member with an alcohol problem. Equally I met more than one BA pilot with an alcohol problem.

probably more likely to be an alcoholic than not, and not limited to BA.

[ZFT]

Originally Posted by Fliegenmong

My only real problem is for all the 'Show' during certification....I'd really like to see a cabin full evacuate in 90 secs in real time....Ha!!

It's a certification standard, nothing more.

What would you suggest?

[MaximumPete]

I lost my partner to alcohol abuse a few years ago, my best friend and soul-mate.

If you do have a problem or know of someone with a problem with alcohol get help.It won't go away or get any better! it was the worst experience of my life.

MP

[eal401]

Ah, alleged drunk on duty. Outrageous when in charge of a vehicle (unless you are the half called Ant) - perfectly acceptable when in a position of responsibility on an aircraft.

[Fonsini]

BA cabin crew could use a drink or seven, they are the only crews I have encountered during world travel who make US flight attendants seem pleasant !

[Sir Niall Dementia]

Originally Posted by button push ignored

I have never had a problem with any drunk female British Airways cabin crew.
I’ve had several of them, and they were great.

As a young FO I was often delighted by the behaviour of CC who’d had too much to drink👍

[Rwy in Sight]

British drunk females are really cool. I am eternally grateful to a couple of them.