A British Airways flight was canceled after the crew got so drunk on a layover that the plane had to be flown back to London empty. Sadly this isn’t the first time that British Airways has had an issue with crew behavior on layovers. It sure seems like putting crews up at all-inclusives might not be a great idea, as much as they (clearly) enjoy it…
Instead, the plane ended up operating the route roughly three hours later than planned, with a different flight number — BA9156. Why? Well, some of the flight attendants got so drunk on the layover that they couldn’t work the flight, and as a result, British Airways didn’t have enough crew to operate the flight with passengers. The best option at that point was for the pilots to fly the plane back with the flight attendants deadheading (in other words, resting in the cabin), leaving behind hundreds of passengers.
Apparently some crew members became so drunk that they caused a disturbance at the resort, with one flight attendant throwing up, and another flight attendant collapsing, and having to be carried back to her room. When other guests called them out, they reportedly responded “we’re British Airways crew, what of it?”
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