United Flight Attendant Downs Booze On Flight, Arrested 10x Over Legal Limit

This is probably the only time TSA comes in handy.

That's probably why she's flying with mini bottles not those full size bottles.

Or booze in London is overpriced.

Shame... I know this person, and for the last few years, she has struggled with the sudden death of her fiancee. I hope she gets the help she needs...

First priority should be making sure she is terminated and not allowed to work in aviation again….especially since FAs are there “for our safety”. Help can come after we ensure long haul flights aren’t staffed with drunks.

Mini bottles are easier to hide and drink discreetly.

At 56 years old, she was probably the most junior FA on the flight. 69 seems to be about the average on United international flights.

Give her a break. Who doesn’t enjoy a drink while on the job every now and then. I know I certainly do, especially when I’m scheduled to do multiple brain surgeries in a day…

I’ve never had a FA drinking on a flight. Now the debrief is a different story, but never in flight.

It's always best to seek help before things spiral out of control into a personal and professional disaster. Unfortunately her flying days are almost certainly over. It's an unnecessarily ignominious end to a (presumably) unblemished career.

Hell, ten ounces of rye for breakfast makes you a BETTER surgeon! Calms the nerves and steadies those hands so you're ready to teach that tumor or aneurysm a lesson it won't forget.

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You skipped step 1.

Seriously? That’s your take away from this story?

The airline industry, IMHO, is better suited to people who don't use alcohol at all, than to people who consider it a normal part of their daily life, and have to "manage" consumption within rules, schedules, technical blood alcohol levels, and all the other factors put in place to square the circle.

Alcohol isn't actually necessary. It's amazing how embedded it is in the culture. I'm old enough to remember when the idea of not smoking at all was outside the mainstream.

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You failed step 1. He said "...not allowed to work in aviation again" which wasn't addressed.

I can't fault Engel for observing that as I too notice a lot of old FA on UA international flights which is unfortunate because a lot of my experience with overseas travel with UA is worse than my domestic travels. The overseas FAs in general are worse in attitude. Some of my weirdest attitudes are from FA who serve business.

You're right until the part where she downs 10x the limit.

You can't really hide drinking that much. So I don't think being discreet can be part of the reason.

"Alcohol isn't actually necessary."

The quadrilian dollar industry question.

Is sugar and caffeine necessary?

People are abusing these two substances and no politicians are doing anything about it. They abuse these substances too. This makes opioid crisis look like a meme.

Thank you. People don't realize that everyone has problems and find it so easy to criticize. Those who do should walk a mile in her shoes.

If we ever experience a flight emergency, how about I take a cabin with 29 year old flight attendance and you take the one with 69 year old flight attendants. I hope you have a strong back to help them with the doors.

That is obviously very dangerous behavior on a flight she is working and not acceptable. That being said, grief and addiction are hard things for a lot of humans to deal with I so I have empathy. Now she lost her longtime job on top of whatever else is going on. I hope she gets the treatment she needs to rebuild her life

What a sad story. The FA seems to have approached it reasonably after the fact so I think keeping this down to a fine by the court is appropriate.

1) I guess she brought her own minis so she isn't also charged with theft
2) I think it's safe to say that, if I had to choose, I'd prefer a drunk FA over a drunk pilot

How many previous incidents which were ignored by other staff ?

Anyone that is or has been a FA knows that this flight attendant did not bring her own minis to the flight 🙂

It's amazing all the shit going on in the world and they arrest her for getting a little sauced up,they spend their life on a plane and probably don't go out much what's the big deal,it's not like she's flying the plane

Um.... A .216 is most certainly not "a little sauced".

I tried to walk a mile in her shoes. I kept falling over because I couldn't walk a straight line