Originally Posted By Paul F
Originally Posted By Hamwich
Originally Posted By dodgyken
In a previous lifetime I was flying out to Frankfurt on a weekly basis - flying out Sunday and back Friday. There was no such thing as a sober flight.

A couple of large G&Ts in the BA lounge - then champagne onboard (normally 2 bottles) followed by cognac with coffee (again, normally 2 bottles).



Sounds familiar. When I was commuting to Zurich it was pretty much the same, although Swissair/Crossair didn't do champagne, we had to put up with red wine. Single-class Embraers on the Birmingham flight, so we used to sit at the back where we could chat to the flight attendants and scrounge extra free booze.


In the 80's, there used to be a direct flight EMA to Brussels. A 12 seater - just us and the pilot. The first time I went on it, I could not work out why a number of people headed straight for the back seats. The answer was that they knew where the hamper was stowed and being at the back put them in charge of distribution. A very cheerful flight ensued. On the way back, I was one of the ones heading for the rear seats and pole position on the hamper.


So what we're saying is that flying and consumption of a large quantity of (cheap or ideally free) alcoholic beverages is not new thing. We just did it with a tad more style.

Last edited by dodgyken; 02/08/16 01:26 PM.
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