United Latest Airline To Scale Back On Inflight Booze

If you fly United and need a drink to relax, well, you may want to begin the process before you get on the plane.

That's because United has become the latest airline service to decide it will start scaling back on alcohol, largely because of, you know, "unruly" passengers.

The decision: United will make wine, beer and hard seltzer available on domestic flights over 800 miles. Previously, those adult beverages were available on flights of more than 200 miles.

As The Hill relayed, this sort of scaling back on booze has become the norm in the airline industry.

"Both Southwest Airlines and American Airlines announced recently that they would also be limiting alcohol service on their flights," The Hill wrote. "American Airlines said it would not be lifting its suspension on alcoholic drinks until September due to 'disturbing situations on board aircraft' in which passengers have allegedly assaulted staff members on flights."

This all follows a "zero-tolerance" announcement from Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson in January. Then, Dickson said bad behavior on flights -- or more specifically, alcohol-induced bad behavior -- would result in fines and jail time, as opposed to simple warnings.

Now, United is united on that front.