A group of British holidaymakers drank the entire stock of booze for a four-hour flight to Turkey in the space of just 25 minutes, an airline boss has revealed.

SunExpress’s German-American boss Max Kownatzki told trade publication TTG that one special flight operated by the Turkish airline for a group of Brits on a golfing break was drunk dry in the space of 25-minutes.

He said Brit travellers are “more high-spend, more hedonistic.”

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I have never understood why people drink alcohol before and during flights, if there is an accident surely you want to be as alert as possible to maximize your ability to respond quickly to the situation?

    And if you are soo terrified of flying that you need to be at least a bit tipsy to fly, get some therapy or don’t fly.

    • mackwinston@feddit.uk
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      7 months ago

      The chances of an accident while flying on an airline are probably a lot lower than the chances of having an accident going to and from the pub.

    • slurpyslop@kbin.social
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      7 months ago

      i think if you live your life dictated solely by your relative likelihood to die suddenly you might need to get some therapy

      • stoy@lemmy.zip
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        7 months ago

        Then I am happy to report that I am not i that category, I don’t worry that it will happen on my plane, but that doesn’t mean I am going to be reckless.

        I think it is a bigger issue that you can’t go a few hours without drinking alcohol.

        • slurpyslop@kbin.social
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          7 months ago

          “can’t go without” is such a weird way to describe people who drink on planes

          like i get that the entire point of this is some weird moralistic high horse thing, but if you’re going on a plane to travel for leisure, the entire thing is already unnecessary

          “wow people physically can’t even go 2 years without a trip away what addicts”

          • stoy@lemmy.zip
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            7 months ago

            Moral has nothing to do with it, logic has, I don’t want to be stuck next to a drunk guy in case of an accident.

    • TWeaK@feddit.ukEnglish
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      7 months ago

      While the chance of dying in a plane crash is very low, if you get into a situation where the plane is going to crash then the chance of dying is very high. In which case, being drunk might make that experience a little more bearable.

      • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Depends on the plane, if you’re on a 737 Max you might want to be alert so you can grab any bits of the fuselage that start to shake loose…