Because of riot on the plane
Ryanair boss wants alcohol restriction for passengers
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Not only Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary disturb drunk passengers who cannot behave. In order to tackle the problem, the extravagant entrepreneur calls for the sale of alcoholic beverages at airports. Passengers should rather drink tea.
In the fight against violence and attacks on board aircraft, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary demands a drink limit before departure. Travelers should be able to buy a maximum of two drinks at the airport, he told the British newspaper “Telegraph”. Cases of violence would have increased significantly this summer that attacks occur almost weekly.
“It is not so easy for airlines to identify drunk people on the gate, especially if they go on board with two or three others,” said O'Leary. “As long as they can stand and move, they get through. Only when the plane lifts off does misconduct occur.”
He does not want to forbid the drinks to anyone. “But we don't allow people to drive drunk cars, and yet we always put them on aircraft at 33,000 feet,” said the head of the Irish cheap airline.
Incidents on flights to party locations
Especially on flights from Great Britain to goals, which are known as party locations, such as Ibiza or some Greek islands, there are always alcohol-related incidents. In July, a British tourist was sentenced to a suspended sentence for sexual assault, which had groped a flight attendant on a Ryanair flight from Newcastle to Mallorca.
One reason for the increase is the combination of alcohol with “tablets and powder,” said O'Leary with a view to other drugs such as cocaine. But there are also problems on flights from Ireland or Germany. The most difficult are days with many delays. “People hang around the airports and punch alcohol.” It is better to spend the waiting time with coffee or tea. “This is not an alcoholic excursion.” His demand had no effect on the sales of the airport bars, O'Leary said.
