Your attitude towards your daughter is shocking. Would you say that if she steals, that is what 19 years olds do? You seem to be missing the fundamental point. Your daughter is an adult!
Your daughter didn't purchase the alcohol, so the attendants didn't card her. The alcohol was purchased by two European men. If they were over 21, then no law was broken in selling the alcohol to them. US Airways did not break the law selling alcohol.
In the vast majority of countries in the world, alcohol is legal to be sold and consumed by anyone over the age of 18. It is feasible that the men who purchased the alcohol for your daughter didn't know the law relating to alcohol consumption in the US. It is far from straightforward. This is it...
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The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 states that revenue will be withheld from states that allow the purchase of alcohol by anyone under the age of 21. Prior to the effective date of that Act, the drinking age varied from state to state. Some states do not allow those under the legal drinking age to be present in liquor stores or in bars (usually, the difference between a bar and a restaurant is whether food is being served). Contrary to popular belief, since the act went into law, few states specifically prohibit minors and young adults from consuming alcohol in private settings. As of January 1, 2007, 14 states and the District of Columbia ban underage consumption outright, 19 states do not specifically ban underage consumption, and an additional 17 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage consumption laws.
Federal law explicitly provides for religious, medical, employment and private club possession exceptions; as of 2005, 31 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage possession laws. However, non-alcoholic beer in many (but not all) states, such as Idaho, Texas, and Maryland, is considered legal for minors (those under the age of 21).[14]
By a judge's ruling, South Carolina appears to allow the possession and consumption of alcohol by those 18 to 20 years of age,[15] though a circuit court judge said otherwise.
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Your attempt to pass the blame from your daughter's irresponsible and deceptive behaviour on to a third party may explain why she has such a poor moral compass and appears to feel that the law doesn't apply to her. You compound the problem by the very poor example you are showing her with your conduct. She is not the victim of US Airways.. she is the victim of bad parenting.
Now, US Airways is not, in my book, off the hook. It sounds like the FA's took inadequate action to address the developing situation. This is a common problem on airlines. They deserve criticism, but you have no proof whatsoever that the law was broken by anyone other than your daughter and possibly the European's who bought her the drink. As your daughter is clearly a liar, it is perfectly possible that she told the European's she was 21 and was believed.
In any event, no matter how remiss US Airwasys were in their actions, they pale by comparison to the conduct of you and your daughter. She has no moral compass and seeks to blame others for her failings... and sadly she will never learn the lesson with the kind of equivocal, inadequate parenting you are providing.