Narrative:

Passenger was drinking alcohol out of his own bottle, which he purchased at airport's duty free shop. We tried to have him give us the bottle, but he refused. During the course of the flight, he became verbally abusive, because the crew denied him other drinks for him to mix his alcohol with. He was traveling with 2 other people, who also appeared to be intoxicated. (They got intoxicated on board by drinking from their own liquor.) one of these people also smoked in the lavatory. These passenger could have easily turned physically abusive. There should be a way to prevent people from bringing their own liquor on board. It should be mandatory to check for alcohol bottles, while going through security and bottles found should be treated just like weapons (potential weapons). Once found, they should be kept in custody of the crew until arrival. I also think that alcoholic beverages on board an aircraft should be limited to 2 per passenger. I truly believe that we should work harder towards the implementation of more strict rules in regards to the consumption of alcohol on board aircraft, since this is one of the major contributors to people becoming violent and disrespectful on board. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the smoke alarm did not go off when the one passenger smoked in the lavatory. The 3 were very verbally abusive to the flight attendants, and the purser came back to talk to them. They had the captain call for auths from trinidad to meet the flight. The auths detained both the passenger and the flight attendants for questioning. The 3 were screaming at the auths as they were led off. The flight attendants were grilled like they were the offenders themselves. She did not know what happened to the 3 offenders, but suspects that it was treated like a joke by auths by the way they acted at the time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, B757, MIA-POS (TRINIDAD), PAX DRINKING OUT OF OWN (DUTY FREE) BOTTLE AND SMOKING IN LAVATORY. AUTHS MET FLT, DETAINED PAX.

Narrative: PAX WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL OUT OF HIS OWN BOTTLE, WHICH HE PURCHASED AT ARPT'S DUTY FREE SHOP. WE TRIED TO HAVE HIM GIVE US THE BOTTLE, BUT HE REFUSED. DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLT, HE BECAME VERBALLY ABUSIVE, BECAUSE THE CREW DENIED HIM OTHER DRINKS FOR HIM TO MIX HIS ALCOHOL WITH. HE WAS TRAVELING WITH 2 OTHER PEOPLE, WHO ALSO APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED. (THEY GOT INTOXICATED ON BOARD BY DRINKING FROM THEIR OWN LIQUOR.) ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ALSO SMOKED IN THE LAVATORY. THESE PAX COULD HAVE EASILY TURNED PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BRINGING THEIR OWN LIQUOR ON BOARD. IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY TO CHK FOR ALCOHOL BOTTLES, WHILE GOING THROUGH SECURITY AND BOTTLES FOUND SHOULD BE TREATED JUST LIKE WEAPONS (POTENTIAL WEAPONS). ONCE FOUND, THEY SHOULD BE KEPT IN CUSTODY OF THE CREW UNTIL ARR. I ALSO THINK THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON BOARD AN ACFT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO 2 PER PAX. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD WORK HARDER TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MORE STRICT RULES IN REGARDS TO THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL ON BOARD ACFT, SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO PEOPLE BECOMING VIOLENT AND DISRESPECTFUL ON BOARD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE SMOKE ALARM DID NOT GO OFF WHEN THE ONE PAX SMOKED IN THE LAVATORY. THE 3 WERE VERY VERBALLY ABUSIVE TO THE FLT ATTENDANTS, AND THE PURSER CAME BACK TO TALK TO THEM. THEY HAD THE CAPT CALL FOR AUTHS FROM TRINIDAD TO MEET THE FLT. THE AUTHS DETAINED BOTH THE PAX AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS FOR QUESTIONING. THE 3 WERE SCREAMING AT THE AUTHS AS THEY WERE LED OFF. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE GRILLED LIKE THEY WERE THE OFFENDERS THEMSELVES. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 3 OFFENDERS, BUT SUSPECTS THAT IT WAS TREATED LIKE A JOKE BY AUTHS BY THE WAY THEY ACTED AT THE TIME.

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.