A pilot has revealed just how often people join the mile high club on his flights - and why he rarely bothers to stop them. Reik Seefeld, a 48-year-old from , has been a commercial pilot since 2002. The aviator told he spends his time off relaxing in where he now lives, and enjoying the peace and quiet of the beach and listening to the waves.
He flies mostly medium and short routes to Europe and North Africa, and has done so for the last 40 years. As a frequent flyer to the island of Majorca, he said the atmosphere has changed over the last few years and passengers are now much rowdier than they used to be - but it’s still his favourite route to fly, due to how beautiful the route is, and how happy tourists are to be going there. Majorca is a well known party destination that has suffered from a degree of over-tourism in recent years.
have begun to crop up across the island with residents saying the volume of tourists coming to the country is no longer sustainable, and the government must step in to limit them. have been put in place in some regions, not just in Majorca but the neighbouring isles of Ibiza to stop tourists overindulging and causing chaos while on their weekend getaways. The bans mean people can no longer drink on the street, and shops are not to sell alcohol after 9.
30pm. This is not news to Seefeld, who said passengers on his flights often start their holiday’s early by beginning to booze on the plane. He said people are often drunk, as the higher altitud.