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Why sell alcohol in air lines?Just curious
"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
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> In message <evgpv7$um7$1@news.freedom2surf.net> "William Black"
> <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>In the UK heroin addicts who get sick on the streets tend to get taken to
>>hospital, drunks spend a night in the cells...
>
> Indeed -- Another example of the same different in approach.
>
> A better example would be alcohol and marijuana, since heroin is
> chemically addictive.
So is alcohol.
Being in prosecution of marijuana isn't actually something people get
arrested for in the UK these days, well, not unless they've done something
very stupid first.
It's considered a 'Category C' drug and so people no longer get dragged
through the courts for having some with them. Selling the stuff will still
get you locked up...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote:
> William Black writes:
>
>> The chance of people becoming dangerous from booze is very small and, for a
>> number of people, it's a necessity.
>
> Actually, alcohol is the number-one cause of problems with passengers aboard
> aircraft, from what crew members have told me.
Cite your reference for this. What you say here is like all the
other drivel that comes out of your mouth, an untrue unquantifiable
farce.
> And if someone is addicted to alcohol, he should stay away from situations in
> which he won't be able to feed his addiction.
So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
physician on top of a pilot? Perhaps someone should listen to what you
say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
professional.
Anthony, you're really starting to remind me of Greg Morrow; an
f'ing joke.
BL.
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Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote:
> William Black writes:
>
>> The chance of people becoming dangerous from booze is very small and, for a
>> number of people, it's a necessity.
>
> Actually, alcohol is the number-one cause of problems with passengers aboard
> aircraft, from what crew members have told me.
Cite your reference for this. What you say here is like all the
other drivel that comes out of your mouth, an untrue unquantifiable
farce.
> And if someone is addicted to alcohol, he should stay away from situations in
> which he won't be able to feed his addiction.
So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
physician on top of a pilot? Perhaps someone should listen to what you
say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
professional.
Anthony, you're really starting to remind me of Greg Morrow; an
f'ing joke.
BL.
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Brad Littlejohn | Email: tyketto@sbcglobal.net
Unix Systems Administrator, | tyketto@ozemail.com.au
Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! :) | http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto
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A Guy Called Tyketto writes:
> Cite your reference for this.
I already have. This is what flight crew members have told me. I also recall
reading statistics to this effect, long ago.
> So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
> physician on top of a pilot?
No, just well read.
> Perhaps someone should listen to what you
> say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
> professional.
Is that anything like impersonation of a lawyer by a UNIX administrator?
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> Cite your reference for this.
I already have. This is what flight crew members have told me. I also recall
reading statistics to this effect, long ago.
> So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
> physician on top of a pilot?
No, just well read.
> Perhaps someone should listen to what you
> say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
> professional.
Is that anything like impersonation of a lawyer by a UNIX administrator?
--
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Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote:
> A Guy Called Tyketto writes:
>
>> Cite your reference for this.
>
> I already have. This is what flight crew members have told me. I also recall
> reading statistics to this effect, long ago.
flight crew members aren't anything that has been documented by
a qualified third party or source. I could go ask any 'flight crew
member', and if I heard anything opposite of what you've said.. well..
anything I've heard so far has been the opposite of what you've said.
Also, if you've read stats on this, cite your reference for the stats.
Otherwise, there is nothing to prove what you're saying is right. And,
based off of the other things you've said before that was wrong, there
is no reason for anyone to believe you now. Two Words:
Chicken Little.
>> So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
>> physician on top of a pilot?
>
> No, just well read.
Yet in other newsgroups (rec.aviation.piloting ring a bell?)
you have given medical advice to a person where you have not been
certified nor qualified to do so. Well read is no excuse for not being
qualified to give out such advice. If said person asked for your
medical certificate, would you be able to produce one? Let me answer
that for you: *Hell fucking no.*
>> Perhaps someone should listen to what you
>> say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
>> professional.
>
> Is that anything like impersonation of a lawyer by a UNIX administrator?
I haven't given out any legal or medical advice. You, on the other
hand:
http://tinyurl.com/2g9rxu
Even real world Pilots told you what you say is crap, and not
to take your advice. I wonder if there is anything left in the
(commercial,general) aviation industry you haven't screwed up on yet.
If there is, I'm pretty confident you will find a way to screw that up
and get it wrong anyway.
BL.
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Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote:
> A Guy Called Tyketto writes:
>
>> Cite your reference for this.
>
> I already have. This is what flight crew members have told me. I also recall
> reading statistics to this effect, long ago.
flight crew members aren't anything that has been documented by
a qualified third party or source. I could go ask any 'flight crew
member', and if I heard anything opposite of what you've said.. well..
anything I've heard so far has been the opposite of what you've said.
Also, if you've read stats on this, cite your reference for the stats.
Otherwise, there is nothing to prove what you're saying is right. And,
based off of the other things you've said before that was wrong, there
is no reason for anyone to believe you now. Two Words:
Chicken Little.
>> So now, you're an AME, a toxicologist, mixmaster, and a
>> physician on top of a pilot?
>
> No, just well read.
Yet in other newsgroups (rec.aviation.piloting ring a bell?)
you have given medical advice to a person where you have not been
certified nor qualified to do so. Well read is no excuse for not being
qualified to give out such advice. If said person asked for your
medical certificate, would you be able to produce one? Let me answer
that for you: *Hell fucking no.*
>> Perhaps someone should listen to what you
>> say so they can sue you for malpractice and impersonation of a medical
>> professional.
>
> Is that anything like impersonation of a lawyer by a UNIX administrator?
I haven't given out any legal or medical advice. You, on the other
hand:
http://tinyurl.com/2g9rxu
Even real world Pilots told you what you say is crap, and not
to take your advice. I wonder if there is anything left in the
(commercial,general) aviation industry you haven't screwed up on yet.
If there is, I'm pretty confident you will find a way to screw that up
and get it wrong anyway.
BL.
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Brad Littlejohn | Email: tyketto@sbcglobal.net
Unix Systems Administrator, | tyketto@ozemail.com.au
Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! :) | http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto
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There is also the obvious factor that a certain number of people are
quite frightened of flying, and alcohol consumption seems to calm
their nerves. It seems routine to watch somebody across the aisle
knock back a few shortly before landing, at which point they often
have rather clinched fists...
B
On Apr 9, 3:46 pm, "aro...@radiology.umsmed.edu"
<aro...@radiology.umsmed.edu> wrote:
> Greetings! There are so many stories in the newspapers and TV about
> drunk passengers. Why not stop selling the alcohol in plane and have a
> breath analyzer test for suspected passengers before these passengers
> board the plane. I am not for prohibition. I drink alcohol. People can
> survive without alcohol for few hours as they survive without smoking
> during the flight. Just curious. How much money airlines make by
> selling alcohol in plane? With thanks.
quite frightened of flying, and alcohol consumption seems to calm
their nerves. It seems routine to watch somebody across the aisle
knock back a few shortly before landing, at which point they often
have rather clinched fists...
B
On Apr 9, 3:46 pm, "aro...@radiology.umsmed.edu"
<aro...@radiology.umsmed.edu> wrote:
> Greetings! There are so many stories in the newspapers and TV about
> drunk passengers. Why not stop selling the alcohol in plane and have a
> breath analyzer test for suspected passengers before these passengers
> board the plane. I am not for prohibition. I drink alcohol. People can
> survive without alcohol for few hours as they survive without smoking
> during the flight. Just curious. How much money airlines make by
> selling alcohol in plane? With thanks.
bntjnk@yahoo.com writes:
> There is also the obvious factor that a certain number of people are
> quite frightened of flying, and alcohol consumption seems to calm
> their nerves. It seems routine to watch somebody across the aisle
> knock back a few shortly before landing, at which point they often
> have rather clinched fists...
Tranquilizers would be preferable, as they reduce anxiety without the loss of
inhibitions that causes people to misbehave with alcohol.
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> There is also the obvious factor that a certain number of people are
> quite frightened of flying, and alcohol consumption seems to calm
> their nerves. It seems routine to watch somebody across the aisle
> knock back a few shortly before landing, at which point they often
> have rather clinched fists...
Tranquilizers would be preferable, as they reduce anxiety without the loss of
inhibitions that causes people to misbehave with alcohol.
--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
