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The Drinking Age On Flights

AC_A340 From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 2250 posts, RR: 2
Posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 448 times:

Well, is it the age of majority at the destination, or the origin of the flight?

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Iainhol From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 402 times:

Age where the plane is registered.
Iain

Skyhawk From United States, joined May 2001, 1057 posts, RR: 5
Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 386 times:

Drinking age on aircraft in the US is 21 no matter what state they left from, going to. What is the dringing age in Canada AC_A340?

Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4726 posts, RR: 50
Reply 3, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 373 times:

Oh well, they gave me champagne on a Delta plane when I was 15, so I guess they don´t handle it that strict. It might have helped, though, that the flight in question was from Greece to Germany...

Daniel Smile

Boeing422 From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 28 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 362 times:

To Answer Skyhawks queastion the drinking age in Canada is either 18 or 19 depending on the province. Good question AC_340 I have been wondering the same thing. I guess I will be drinking on the AC flight as soon as I board in Washington.

MIG54 From United States, joined Aug 2001, 39 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 352 times:

In the 1970s I regularly flew between college and home. In those days I was rarely asked for ID and had no problem being served alcohol. Maybe all that facial hair and a smoke in hand helped a bit on that score.

Mls515 From United States, joined Jun 2000, 3053 posts, RR: 12
Reply 6, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 323 times:

I'd like to see a state try to enforce it's drinking age on an airplane flying a few thousand feet above it! Who's jurisdiction would that fall under? The state where the airplane is owned? is flying over?

SJC>SFO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 309 times:

If you live in texas, they'll shoot you down.

just kidding. But I'm sure they keep an eye on the Bush girls when they are flying out to DC to visit daddy haha

AC_A340 From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 2250 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 291 times:

I have no idea as to what the age is in Canada. That's why I asked. Some of the provinces are 19 and some 18. I believe it is the age at the destination but I'm not sure.

Mls515 From United States, joined Jun 2000, 3053 posts, RR: 12
Reply 9, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 287 times:

I need to lease some planes from the Netherlands and operate special "booze and weed" charters from select US cities.

Ironminds From Australia, joined Apr 2001, 556 posts, RR: 4
Reply 10, posted (8 years 4 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 278 times:

don't forget the hookers!

Penguinflies From United States, joined Apr 2000, 926 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (8 years 4 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 249 times:

I wondered about that overwater. Fly TWA and once you are out past SFO and the movie starts....

But their policy is no one served under 21 on any of their flights (or so they say). They also say only two carry-on bags...

B757-223 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (8 years 4 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 253 times:

The legal age to drink is where the a/c is registered. Hope I helped! Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Regards,
B757-223 Big grin

Rootsboy From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 111 posts, RR: 2
Reply 13, posted (8 years 4 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 237 times:

Iainhol is correct.

It's the legal age of the country where the aircraft is registered. In Canada, we go by 19 y/o on the aircraft. (I don't think it matters what province the a/c is registered to)

Example:

XYZ Airlines flight 123, YYZ-LAX

Any passenger 19 years of age or older may drink on this flight, as well as the flight back.

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