About a month ago, I wrote a fairly positive column about Alaska Airlines and their services aboard a flight I took. I recently took another flight with Alaska that re-enforced for me the fact that, for whatever reason, Alaska seems to be able to hire some pretty good staff.
During the flight in question, a gentleman sitting across from me slammed down five drinks in a row and then got angry when he was refused service for the sixth. He got fairly loud and looked to me for sympathy. He stopped doing that after I told him I didn’t think