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He purchased it at a store IN the sirport (Duty Free) store - which he then carried on -

Hey, Den! Nobody gave the guy the booze. If you read it right, it says it was his 'duty free', which he was allowed to carry on, I guess.

read, they did not give it to him, He bought it at duty free, and no doubt was sneaking drinks, as it is illegal to drink from any source other than what is served by the airline.Being a frequent flyer for years prior to retirement, I say, stop selling the stuff, except long haul, and stop airport bars from opening before 1100am.

on international flights you can purchase a small selection of duty free booze jewerly and other crap. he might have bought it in the terminal. either way the guy is a crack pot

you spelled *dumb, and *dumber wrong. if you're going to insult people at least use proper grammar.

Hey noyb,
He misspelled the words. He didn't use improper grammar. If you want to make fun of someone at least know what you're talking about.

Idiot. Airlines do not dispense full bottles of vodka. He bought in at a duty free shop and brought it on the plane.

Fellow stews, let me help our hapless and misguided blogger "Den" (who obviously doesn't fly much if at all). The problem does not fall on the lap of the Flight Attendants, as this poor sod had purchased his bottle of spirits in what is commonly known in traveling circles as the "Duty Free" store which (for your enlightenment) are shops at the international departure areas that sell spirits, cigarettes, chocolate, the list goes on. These "purchases" are then delivered to the airplane and given to the passenger to stow with their other worldly goods they've brought with them. Not to be consumed like so much meade at a drunken Viking bash. Not so much. Hope this helps.

We had a pax drinking DF whiskey, last week on a flight to AMS. We simply took it away, and held it til he disembarked. It doesn't always go that well. For those not in the business...it IS illegal to drink your own booze, while onboard a commercial flight. And, yes, it IS illegal to threaten the well being of passengers, crew or aircraft. It's even illegal to "interfere with the duties of a crewmember". YES, we are there to run the show. And when the seat-belt signs are lighted, guess what that means!

I agree with you there bro, nothing wrong with a nice relaxing doobie instead of getting all bent out of shape on alcohol cripes sake.