Why do people drink ginger ale on airplanes?

i drink ginger ale frequently, but the stomach idea seems reasonable.

LOL, I’m drinking one now!!

I’m drinking it right now. I think people drink it on planes to settle their stomach.

I love the new Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale. Have some in the refrigerator.

Some get sick on airplanes, and ginger settles your stomach.

I just had one too, although it was the wrong brand…

ginger ale is obviously the drink of jellies.

Why do airplanes contain people who drink ginger ale?

How funny.

I do think it is a throw-back to the old school remedy of ginger or ginger ale helping with stomach aches.

I drink ginger ale anyway, and find it’s one of my favorite drinks as well as mixers. It was always a staple in my house, growing up and still is. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find in bars on the west coast…

Apparently ginger is supposed to be good for motion sickness. Even the amount thats in pop can do you good.

My anxiety usually manifested as stomach distress, so ginger ale has been my choice for carbonated drinks for many years.

My guess is that people are drinking it on planes in case of airsickness.

wait a minute… don’t they all order tomato juice?

re: tomato juice – yeah, this came up during the conversation that caused me to ask this question on Fluther. I’ve noticed that people seem to order tomato juice and ginger ale on airplanes – two drinks that I rarely see people drink anywhere else. But I have a theory about the tomato juice…I think it’s because they don’t serve food anymore on airlines and tomato juice is more filling – it’s kind of like tomato soup.

i probably have tomato juice every day but i don’t like gingerale even as a mix. on an airplane beer, wine, scotch and soda.

Because they serve it on airplanes. If they put it in the soda machine that I frequent, I’d get it there. But its not something you see all the time and some people end up drinking it because of that. Others drink it because of the tummy soothing properties of ginger.

It sure isn’t popular in Australia. And what they do have tastes entirely different so I never drink it anymore.

That Green Tea Ginger Ale sounds really good!

some gingerales do not contain any ginger or very little nowadays

IT HELPS A UPSET,NREVOUS,STOMACH!

I always drink Ginger Ale on airplanes, although there’s usually a tiny bottle of Makers Mark sitting next to it.
My mother ordered Ginger Ale for me on my very first airplane trip as a child. It seemed like something exotic and special, because we never kept it in the house. Looking back, she probably did it for all the reasons mentioned here: the calmative effect.
How smart was my mom?

I buy a chewy Chinese ginger candy from a multi-ethnic store. Works wonders for upset stomach. Also candied ginger from the spice isle works. I just saw a Mythbusters episode where a ginger pill was the most effective non-pharmacudical remedy for motion sickness.