DRUNKS ON A PLANE?

Why do you seem get more intoxicated on the same amount of liquor on a plane than in a bar? Is it the altitude that thins the blood or is it the oxygen they pump into the cabin? We’ve all heard the stories of people going berserk on a plane after just a few drinks, what could possibly be causing these phenomena?  According to the friendly folks at airfarescheaptickets.com, we now have the answer to the mystery.  Aircraft have a lower standard oxygen level due to the pressurization of the cabin space, which causes the intoxication effect even with little booze. Add that concept to the fact that when many people fly they drink a lot of booze in a very short amount of time, often on an empty stomach.  However you slice it, its not polite or even safe to get drunk on a plane. In today’s post 911 travel environment, it could very well land you in jail.  So it is true, it is easier to get drunk on a plane.

 I had the unfortunate opportunity to witness this firsthand on a flight from Cleveland to Miami where two college kids ordered an assortment of the travel bottles of liquor. These kids had whiskey and gin and vodka and beer and within thirty minutes they were wobbling all over the plane, until an attendant finally got them to sit in their seats long enough for them to pass out. It’s one thing to have a few drinks and its quite another to mix the bar at thirty thousand feet in the air.