Allegiant Air Overpours Passenger?

On a recent flight – won’t say when – I boarded an Allegiant Air flight where I noticed the man across from me was noticeably drunk. I didn’t think he was too drunk to fly, but I alerted the flight crew in hopes they would keep an eye on him. I also thought it was weird that he was blankly staring at the female passenger next to him and talking her ear off. She played along, but what else was she supposed to do? Ignore him? When the guy wasn’t staring and talking this poor woman’s head off, he was fidgeting and looking everywhere. I suggested to the crew that when it came time for drinks and snacks that maybe they offer him some coffee. My goal wasn’t to get him grounded, it was to get him to sober up.

As the plane prepared to depart, the lady next to the man took a nap. I’m not sure if she was actually sleepy or if it was a good way to get her aisle-mate to stop bugging her. Regardless, the man no longer had someone to talk to. I had my airpods and acted as if I couldn’t hear him a couple times. Also after I tipped off the flight crew, I used the bathroom. I didn’t want the man to suspect I narc’ed him out. In any event, without being able to talk to me and/or the lady next to him, he was now looking around nonstop. What was he looking for?

As soon as the flight attendants came round seeing who wanted food or drinks, the man immediately asked for a Bloody Mary. At first, he asked for two, but thought it too expensive and got just one. The same flight attendant who I tipped off, sold him the drink. Shortly thereafter, the man wanted a second one. He was clearly drunk, but yet the flight attendant sold him another one, with the condition that that would be it. The reason the man was fidgeting earlier and why he kept looking around was because he was clearly having withdrawals. After the plane landed and people were getting up, I heard the man tell another passenger he thought he was ok to drive. What’s to say the man didn’t get off the plane, get another drink or two, and then drive.

Why did Allegiant Air serve not one, but two drinks, to a man that a passenger (ME) had alerted flight attendants as being drunk to? Do they need to sell drinks that badly that they would endanger the public on the roadways near the airport of their destination? And they can’t say my recollection was off because my video is proof they served an already drunk man.

Shame on Allegiant Air.