Let me chime in from another angle, as someone who does use alcohol (bourbon, preferably) to calm their nerves when flying commercially.
Think of the children, is what I would say. Seriously. You got a kid on a plane with me, you do not want that kid to be glancing across the seat backs during turbulence and catch the look in my eyes if the panic response hasn’t been adequately dulled. Not if you want that kid smiling and laughing the next time the family heads to an airport, anyway.
