Wetherspoon said clamping down on airport drinking would be a “Big Brother” approach after Ryanair ’s CEO called for stricter alcohol rules to avoid unruly behaviour on flights. Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has called for airports to ban passengers from buying early-morning pints and impose a two-drink limit to try to limit bad behaviour once on board the plane. Meanwhile, Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin said in a statement that “a two-drink limit would be extraordinarily difficult to implement, short of breathalysing passengers, and would, in our opinion, be an overreaction – especially since many of the problems stem from incoming flights.” Mr O’Leary told The Times his airline was having to divert almost one plane a day on average because of disruption caused by passengers partly fuelled by alcohol. He made similar comments to The Independent ’s travel podcast in 2024.…