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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just on a BA flight 2 days ago, did not experience this at all (and have not experienced it on any of numerous other BA flights). Yes BA and most other international flights offer free wine/beer, and they often make that clear when they come around with the cart- but I've never known them to get huffy when someone asks for something non-alcoholic. Is there any chance you and DS read a bit too much into their reactions?[/quote]

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Maybe I did misread the huffiness of them when they served non-alcoholic drinks, but they definitely continued to offer alcohol to my DS well after it should have been abundantly clear he was underage.

They never even said they had soft drinks unless you specifically ordered them, and even if you ordered soft drinks, who knows. The guy in front of me said he wanted a 'coke' and the flight attendant was about to pour rum in to mix when the guy had to stop him because the guy wanted... A coca-cola, not a rum and coke.

My guess is that the flight, for some reason, was overstocked with alcohol/wine, and they were trying to get rid of it before they had to toss it, but I don't see that as a valid excuse. The entire thing was a shitshow, and by the end they were giving people (often quite drunk) two wines or two beers unless they specifically asked for only one.

I will have to say it was mildly funny (in an awful kind of way) watching all these incredibly drunk passengers trying to get through hearthrow security to get to connecting flights (we landed on the tarmac, not at a gate). Though I feel bad for them, and the workers there.

I used to wonder how stuff like this happened, I guess I now know: http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/05/04/iurii-chumak-drunk-british-airways-passenger-gropes-flight-att/.[/quote]

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