Woah, woah, woah, think what we all have to live for! Well, most of us anyways...
But that's beside the point. If you fire that flare, you won't only kill off the Old Guard of Icarus, but you'll also waste a colossal amount of booze- you'll never see another drink again! Nobody can fly sober. If they are, they could fly better with moonshine in the engines and in the crew.