Overview
- Leanne Burns, 44, was stopped from boarding a flight to Faro with her two children after staff judged her too intoxicated to fly.
- She says she drank at the bar and from a duty-free bottle before shouting at the gate when denied boarding.
- Police arrested her, she spent the night in a cell, was released without charge the next day, and the airline banned her from future travel.
- Burns attributes her behavior to burnout and perimenopause linked to shift work, parenting pressures, and frequent travel.
- In the year since, she reports quitting social media, completing CBT and counselling, and abstaining from alcohol for six months.