2003-04 · NASA ASRS report 580348
PAX WITH AN ALCOHOL PROB HAD TO BE SEPARATED FROM HIS PERSONAL SUPPLY AFTER EXHAUSTING FLT ATTENDANT'S ATTEMPTS TO CUT HIM OFF.
PAX (MALE) SEATED IN MAIN CABIN PURCHASED 1 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. HE TOLD FLT ATTENDANT #10 HE WANTED ANOTHER COCKTAIL; BUT HE DID NOT HAVE ANYMORE MONEY. HE ASKED TO SPEAK WITH PURSER. (I WAS PURSER ON THIS FLT.) I SPOKE WITH HIM AND TOLD HIM I WOULD 'COMP' HIM 1 DRINK ONLY. PAX WANTED TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL (WITH CREDIT CARD) FROM DUTY-FREE CART; AND HAVE THE FLT ATTENDANTS SERVE HIM FROM HIS OWN BOTTLE OR HE WOULD SERVE HIMSELF. I INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WAS AGAINST FAR'S; AND THESE ACTIONS WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. AFTER MEAL SVC; PAX PURCHASED A LARGE BOTTLE OF JOHNNIE WALKER FROM THE DUTY-FREE CART. I INFORMED HIM; AGAIN; HE COULD NOT OPEN THIS ALCOHOL AND SERVE HIMSELF ACCORDING TO FAR'S. LATER; FLT ATTENDANT #3 INFORMED ME THAT PAX WAS DRINKING THE BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL HE PURCHASED FROM DUTY-FREE CART. I APCHED PAX AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS IN NON-COMPLIANCE OF FAR'S. I TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO GIVE ME THE BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL. HE WAS HESITANT -- BUT HE EVENTUALLY GAVE ME THE OPENED BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL. I RETURNED THE ALCOHOL TO HIM AS HE DEPLANED IN CHICAGO. PAX SLEPT DURING REMAINDER OF FLT. PAX WOULD NOT GIVE ME HIS NAME. CAPT WAS INFORMED OF SIT.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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