more taboo avoidance

[victor steinbok]

In the spirit of full (available) disclosure, most stories DO mention that
it is /not known/ (to the reporters, I presume) whether he consumed the
drinks on the flight. This being a red-eye, it seems unlikely--at least, I
don't recall JetBlue serving alcohol on the flights that I was on. Whatever
the case, when the story expands, someone else is likely to end up with a
fine or a suspended liquor license. But if JetBlue had any part of it, we
may see them ban alcohol altogether for all flights.

VS-)

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

>
> At 8/12/2011 01:04 PM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:
> >If Jet Blue sold ANYONE 8 drinks in a flight, they are at least
> >partly to blame. If they sold even one drink to an 18-year-old, they
> >violated another (albeit misguided) US law.
>
> I believe the pisser in question imbibed his 8 drinks before he
> boarded.  But I was only half-listening when I first heard the report
> and I have not followed it since.
>
> Joel
>

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