Insider Stories: Flight Attendants’ Eye-Opening Air Travel Facts

#46: Dangers of Drinking

I’ve never understood people who get super drunk before getting on an airplane. I can only assume that it’s going to make your flight a little less pleasant—maybe you won’t be feeling it at the moment, but it can definitely cause you a lot of problems that you’ll be more aware of once you start to sober up.

For example: If you’re drunk enough, the flight attendants can just boot you off the flight. And as a fellow passenger, I say good riddance. I don’t want you stumbling about the place or throwing up. And in case of an emergency, I don’t want my evacuation to be hampered by your drunk, disoriented self.