Mon Mar 22, 3:43 AM
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Air New Zealand has apologised for a staff training manual that warned that many Tongan passengers would attempt to guzzle all of a plane's booze.
A 2008 crew manual produced by the airline said people from the Pacific island nation were "softly spoken, reserved people" but many "would try to drink the bar dry".
Alan Gaskin, general manager for Air New Zealand in-flight service, apologised for the manual, but said it was no longer being used for cabin crew training.
"It was not intended to cause offence and we apologise if it has," he told the New Zealand Herald on Sunday.
New Zealand legislator Carmel Sepuloni, who is of part Tongan descent, said Monday the comments in the manual were completely unacceptable but she accepted the apology
Booze on Flights Down Under
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midwingcrisis
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Booze on Flights Down Under
How do you go 205 kts TAS on 32 gal/hr without turbos!
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Since when did the Auzzies become politically correct ?
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Ummm... one, they didn't.
Two, I don't think the Aussies own Air New Zealand.
Two, I don't think the Aussies own Air New Zealand.
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Call a "kiwi" an "Aussie". Watch as hilarity ensues! (no. seriously. watch out cause you may be caused bodily harm!)
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We could use that manual up north... 
Success in life is when the cognac that you drink is older than the women you drink it with.
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...Siberia...
Success in life is when the cognac that you drink is older than the women you drink it with.
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I looked at the first post and NEW ZEALAND is mentioned ONLY 4 times !!! DUH! Boy, was i SLOW last night lol!
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Tonga doesn't rate very high in per capita consumption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... onsumption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... onsumption
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Canada's scoring is abismal. Hell, I drink more than the Canadian average in just 1 week. Come on Canadians, lets not get outdone by the likes of the Irish or Germans.
Drink up!!!
Sh#t, supposed to be a bunch of beer drinking smilies here but there's an SQL error!
Drink up!!!
Sh#t, supposed to be a bunch of beer drinking smilies here but there's an SQL error!
What little I do know is either not important or I've forgotten it!
Transport Canada's mission statement: We're not happy until you're not happy
Transport Canada's mission statement: We're not happy until you're not happy
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Re: Booze on Flights Down Under
Yeah, that's what I thought too, but then I read the stats closer. It's the amount of alcohol consumed, not litres of beer or wine.
So per capita, Canadians drink 7.8 litres a year. Each beer has about 0.017L of alcohol in it.
7.8L/0.017L=459 or so.
That's 459 beers a year, divided by 52 weeks gives ya a rough average of about 9 beers a week.
That's 3 beers a week more than every pilot who gets his or her medical renewed.
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So per capita, Canadians drink 7.8 litres a year. Each beer has about 0.017L of alcohol in it.
7.8L/0.017L=459 or so.
That's 459 beers a year, divided by 52 weeks gives ya a rough average of about 9 beers a week.
That's 3 beers a week more than every pilot who gets his or her medical renewed.
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Ha ha.....you and I dont know the same pilots. Lying about how much you drink is a rite of passage.istp wrote:That's 459 beers a year, divided by 52 weeks gives ya a rough average of about 9 beers a week.
That's 3 beers a week more than every pilot who gets his or her medical renewed.
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyrony of petty things.
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I'll drink to that! 
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Transport Canada's mission statement: We're not happy until you're not happy
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That's kind of like calling a "Canuk" a "Yank".Brantford Beech Boy wrote:Call a "kiwi" an "Aussie". Watch as hilarity ensues! (no. seriously. watch out cause you may be caused bodily harm!)...
I'm sure all of which has started many a bar brawl...
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Since when do Kiwi's OR Aussies not try and drink the bar dry when given the chance as well!crazy_aviator wrote:Since when did the Auzzies become politically correct ?
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HAA!!
No kidding -- we worked out of an Aussie RAAF base for a while, and one day in a downpouring rain, as I fumbled to find my darned ID badge to get on base, I asked the soaking wet guard (still cheerful as ever, with the big grin), "Jeez, what the hell do I do if I ever DO lose this thing?"
He didn't miss a beat, and said "We accept ALL brands of beer."
My kind of guy...
No kidding -- we worked out of an Aussie RAAF base for a while, and one day in a downpouring rain, as I fumbled to find my darned ID badge to get on base, I asked the soaking wet guard (still cheerful as ever, with the big grin), "Jeez, what the hell do I do if I ever DO lose this thing?"
He didn't miss a beat, and said "We accept ALL brands of beer."
My kind of guy...
