Britain, New Alcohol Measures at Airports and Airplanes

According to data in 18 police regions of 20 of them in Great Britain, consisting of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the number of banned persons who were drunk during February 2016 was 225, and in the same month of this year that number increased to 387.

The British Parliament Chamber of Lords proposed new measures to regulate the sale of alcohol at airports, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs also announced that these proposals have been taken into consideration, AA broadcasts.

In this regard, there is a ban on consuming alcohol at the airport and on airplanes of people who have purchased them at tax - free shops, as well as a ban on drinking alcohol among drunk passengers.

A BBC survey found that the aircraft cabin crew has complained by passengers who use excessive alcohol. In the survey conducted with 40,000 members of the aircraft cabin crew, each fifth member has shown that he is exposed to physical harassment.

One of the female crew members Ally Murphy says she has abandoned her 14-year-old profession because of harassment. It shows her concern over the increase in sexual harassment because of excessive alcohol. “People see us as the barmen in the air”, she says.

In Britain, getting on a plane drunk or getting drunk on a plane can be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

In one year, alcohol worth 300 million pounds is sold on airplanes in this country.