Rant to follow...

Guessing that you’re flying Alaska... Stuck at terminal one, in the middle of the tarmac. No options. I always hated flying in/out of SeaTac.

Yes it does. Prohibiting alcohol sales in airports and planes though would make everyone’s life easier. Except the drunks of course.

Are you alleging banning alcohol sales inhibits the spread of covid? I'd like to hear the science behind that.

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I'm from Seattle and yes Seatac even after be remodeled still looks like a strip mall from the 70's. The lack of service and food highlights the inability of the state's management or bureaucracy to function in a capacity to support weary travelers.

Perhaps a suggestion of a self serving "bar" like in Japan where dispensing machines can sell cans of beers and small bottles of wine and hard liquor. In a Washington Liquor Board controlled area of course.

Duly noted with rant and bitch.....happy new year.

I’m not even sure how you made that leap of “logic”. I am saying that drunk people in the airport and on planes cause a lot of problems. Couple alcohol with bad flyers who self medicate to get through a flight and you literally now have the reason behind most gate returns and calls for police.

People in airports turn stupid for many reasons. Selling booze to them doesn’t improve the ambience.

Sitting in Seatac right now, plenty of food available, concessions, and yes, alcohol. Not everything is open, as is the case almost everywhere, but plenty.

I fly at least 4 times a year now and until 2 years ago I flew around 10 times a year for around 25 years.

I've never seen a drunk cause a problem on an airplane or in a terminal at any time.

I fly 200-250 times a year and have done for nearly 40 years, and I've seen drunks cause problems on flights, in terminals, even a few drunk crew. I've also been accosted by drunks, as a crew member, and have diverted and grounded a flight due to a drunk passenger.

By and large, it hasn't been a huge problem, though it is illegal to board an aircraft intoxicated, and it's illegal to consume one's own alcohol on a flight, too. Most people are responsible. Some aren't. It's the ones that aren't, that are the potential problems. Altitude exacerbates the effects of alcohol.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:

Yes it does. Prohibiting alcohol sales in airports and planes though would make everyone’s life easier. Except the drunks of course.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jNNFqQODKE

Prohibiting alcohol sales in airports would probably drop the amount of people flying drastically.

I got to thinking about what I posted yesterday about never having seen a drunk create a problem on a plane or in a terminal and after thinking about it, I'll rephrase it.

I've never actually seen anyone in an airplane or a terminal who was obviously drunk and after my time in the Army, I definitely know what drunk looks like.