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Brit passengers on four-hour flight to Turkey drink entire plane dry in 25 minutes (www.lbc.co.uk)

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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.”

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[+] [email protected] -16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"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"

[+] [email protected] -7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

presumably you'd never drink at a bar or restaurant either then? because obviously you're far more likely to need to respond to something there than on a plane

and given what percentage of accidents happen in the home, i guess that's out too

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have never really gone out to a bar or restaurant to drink, that has never interested me, I do go to restaurants and from time to time have a glass of cider or wine with my food, but then I mostly switch to water.

I can confidentally say that I have never been drunk in my 36 years, it has never interested me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

wait until you hear about this type of establishment called a "pub"