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Aeroplane passengers should be restricted to two drinks at airports, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has said.

Mr O'Leary said introducing alcohol limits at airports would help tackle a rise in disorder on flights.

Violent outbursts are occurring weekly due to alcohol, he said, especially when it is mixed with other substances.

"We don't want to begrudge people having a drink," he told the Daily Telegraph.

"But we don't allow people to drink-drive, yet we keep putting them up in aircraft at 33,000ft."

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[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

What if we made airports less shit, so people weren't spending so much time there, so people weren't as stressed about missing their flights.

I have never been stressed to get on a bus, you roll up, put your shit in it, and get on. No massive waits, no massive security line, just get on and the bus leaves. We should make airports more like this.

[-] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Air travel is an infinitely more complex and involved problem to solve. There is no method of safely flying without going through mountains of bullshit first.

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Much of the problem is related to TSA security theater. Cutting down on that alone would go a long way to improving the airport experience.

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

TSA (obviously) isn't a thing outside of the US. Airport security does suck, but it's nowhere near as bad as it is when flying to America.

If flying during a quiet period, with all the right checks and few queues you can get through security in 5 mins. When it really fucking sucks is when it's busy, something airports should be able to deal with easily.

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