Stansted passengers disagree that stopping airports serving alcohol before early flights will reduce bad behaviourFor most people, the idea of a pint with breakfast is pretty grim. But at the Wetherspoons in Stansted’s departure lounge on Thursday morning, it appeared to be the beverage of choice.“It’s a holiday ritual,” said Dee Wood, 60, a waste policy officer, who was enjoying a pint while waiting to board her Alicante-bound morning flight. “It’s like the start of holiday,” said her friend Ra
Dee Wood calls it a ‘holiday ritual’ but my ritual involves sleeping off a hangover, not starting one at 7am in a Wetherspoons.
Ryanair boss wants to ban pre-flight pints? Maybe he should focus on legroom and hidden fees instead of policing people’s ‘holiday ritual’.
I’ve seen plenty of bad behaviour on Ryanair flights and it’s rarely from someone who had a pint at 6am—more like from people who’ve had a few too many at the bar after delays.
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Stansted passengers are right to push back—if I’m paying £40 for a bag, at least let me enjoy a £5.50 breakfast pint in peace.
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