Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
A passenger initially would not wear a mask. The flight attendants gave the passenger a few warnings and moved the passenger to the back and the passenger agreed to wear the mask. The flight attendants reported to me that the passenger was compliant and we were good to depart. The following day the flight attendants informed me that the passenger was possibly intoxicated and should have been removed.Cause - Desire by the flight attendant to be lenient and not remove a passenger if not absolutely needed. Too much focus on mask compliance and forgetting about intoxication regulations.Increase communication on cabin discrepancies to increase awareness.
A passenger was non-compliant about wearing their mask during the boarding phase of the flight.  After several warnings and moving the passenger to another section of the aircraft; the flight attendants reported the passenger was wearing their mask and we initiated the flight to ZZZ1.  The following day; the flight attendants made us aware that the passenger was potentially intoxicated.Bring concerns about the mask compliance and communication between the flight attendants and the pilots.  Enhanced communication between the pilots and flight attendants during irregularities within the cabin and passengers.
Air carrier flight crew reported a possibly intoxicated passenger was non-compliant with face mask policy.