HERE's a story for you. Last week, the Consumerist published the
account of a woman who was kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight
after she asked whether the pilot had been drinking:   "A
gentleman standing behind me asked, 'Did anyone smell that? It
smelled a little like vodka,'" recalled the woman. "We all
agreed that he did smell alcohol, but we didn't know if he had
been drinking or what we should do about it."  The woman then
spoke to the head flight attendant on board the plane: "I told
her that I didn't know what protocol is, but I believe I smelled
alcohol on one of the pilots' breath."   "He asked me to come
inside the cockpit, where he shut the door and asked me about my
conversation with the pilot in the jetway. I told him what I had
told the flight attendant; that other passengers and I thought
we had smelled alcohol on the pilot's breath.... He said he had
been with the captain for several hours before the flight. I was
satisfied with the pilot's explanation, thanked him and returned
to my seat."