In the last three weeks Airport Security and Airline Personnel have stopped American passengers from boarding their flights home because of chronic and disruptive inebriation and drunkenness.
How and why is this happening?
Preliminary reports suggest that shops carrying “duty free” signage are selling beers; wines and spirits from their coolers and passengers are opening and consuming these beverages on site. The question is do these shops have licenses to sell liquor and alcohol spirits.
“Duty Free” protocols in Airports all over the world allow for such purchases to be delivered to a passenger only when they are boarded on their flight.
Airline workers confirmed to this reporter the disruptive behavior of some passengers who get carried away with their ease of access to rum in the airport.
“Airports do sell alcohol beverages and licenses are only given to businesses which must pass certain criteria to assure Airport security and safety of passengers in the terminal and on board an aircraft. In other words, a bartender knows when a customer has had enough and he knows how to mix what we call airport cocktails. You open the door to everyone selling rum and there is no status review; the results can be uncomplimentary,” an Airline management executive at the Orlando Florida Airport told this reporter.