Airports are the place where outside rules suddenly cease to exist. Beyondthe security gates and ID checkpoints, inhibitions loosen and time flows differently. Part of this is by design, from long corridors to the conspicuous absence of clocks, and the hour of the day doesn’t seem as important once inside the terminal. And if it doesn’t matter whether it’s 6 o’clock in the a.m. or the p.m., then it follows that there mustn’t be anything wrong with stopping at the airport bar for a quick pre-flight drink.
But Michael O’Leary, CEO of Irish budget carrier Ryanair, would beg to differ.
