Narrative:

We had a passenger get so drunk that on arrival in hou we were unable to wake him. He had to be carried off the aircraft in a carry-off. Eventually, the hou paramedics were called and they, along with the police, carried him off to dry out it turns out that in the 1 hour flight from dfw to hou he had been given 3 scotch mini bottles along with 3 beer chasers. There's no telling what he had before the flight or if he was on something else. Each of our 3 F/a's had given him a scotch and beer, so none of them knew how much he had been drinking. He was riding in first class. There is an obvious safety problem here. The F/a's have yellow slips on any passenger needing assistance. Should we have an accident they know these people will need help getting off the aircraft and they can plan for that. They didn't know that this man had become completely helpless until we arrived at the gate. He would have been a real problem in an evacuate/evacuation situation. In coach it is easy to keep up with how much people are drinking. On short flts there's usually only time for them to buy one drink. In first class, drinks are free. Passenger are offered drinks on the ground. The F/a who will work first class may be off the aircraft boarding passenger and may not know how much a passenger has had before departure. This was our problem. Maybe the F/a who will work first class should not be off the aircraft at boarding. That would provide a little more control of the liquor situation.

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Title: ON A ONE HOUR FLT, PASSENGER BECOMES SO INTOXICATED HE HAS TO BE CARRIED FROM THE ACFT.

Narrative: WE HAD A PAX GET SO DRUNK THAT ON ARRIVAL IN HOU WE WERE UNABLE TO WAKE HIM. HE HAD TO BE CARRIED OFF THE ACFT IN A CARRY-OFF. EVENTUALLY, THE HOU PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED AND THEY, ALONG WITH THE POLICE, CARRIED HIM OFF TO DRY OUT IT TURNS OUT THAT IN THE 1 HR FLT FROM DFW TO HOU HE HAD BEEN GIVEN 3 SCOTCH MINI BOTTLES ALONG WITH 3 BEER CHASERS. THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT HE HAD BEFORE THE FLT OR IF HE WAS ON SOMETHING ELSE. EACH OF OUR 3 F/A'S HAD GIVEN HIM A SCOTCH AND BEER, SO NONE OF THEM KNEW HOW MUCH HE HAD BEEN DRINKING. HE WAS RIDING IN FIRST CLASS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM HERE. THE F/A'S HAVE YELLOW SLIPS ON ANY PAX NEEDING ASSISTANCE. SHOULD WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT THEY KNOW THESE PEOPLE WILL NEED HELP GETTING OFF THE ACFT AND THEY CAN PLAN FOR THAT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS MAN HAD BECOME COMPLETELY HELPLESS UNTIL WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM IN AN EVAC SITUATION. IN COACH IT IS EASY TO KEEP UP WITH HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE DRINKING. ON SHORT FLTS THERE'S USUALLY ONLY TIME FOR THEM TO BUY ONE DRINK. IN FIRST CLASS, DRINKS ARE FREE. PAX ARE OFFERED DRINKS ON THE GND. THE F/A WHO WILL WORK FIRST CLASS MAY BE OFF THE ACFT BOARDING PAX AND MAY NOT KNOW HOW MUCH A PAX HAS HAD BEFORE DEP. THIS WAS OUR PROBLEM. MAYBE THE F/A WHO WILL WORK FIRST CLASS SHOULD NOT BE OFF THE ACFT AT BOARDING. THAT WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL OF THE LIQUOR SITUATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.