A Canadian man may be charged $17,450 after his drunken and disorderly behavior caused the airplane to make an emergency return to the airport while accompanied by two F-15 U.S. Air Force jets. (www.foxnews.com) 更多...
Until the issue of letting people drink as much as they want before and during flights is addressed, this will continue. It’s amazing to me that airlines are willing to let passengers drink in the quantities they do, and then are surprised when they become belligerent and disruptive- at times even life-threatening. There is fault to be shared all the way around.
The airlines have same cavalier attitude about passengers bringing into the cabin and trying to fit into the overhead bins luggage that should be checked
The response was an over-reaction - he obviously did not present an actual physical threat. We are all just scared shitless now. It is BS to try to bill the passenger. Things are never perfect in any business or activity and some allowance for the unusual or the abnormal must be made.
really though, this guy is today's winner of the Aztec Lucky Virgin contest. An example has to be made, monetary and confinement, some of each. Then watch and see less of this crap....
i hate to side with airline management, BUT, these costs reflect some portion of actual damages, and the passenger is logically and legally responsible. Maybe the guy is clastrophobic.... that would excuse it in my book.....
Lot of comments but has anybody mentioned "Air Marshall". A quick bonk on the back of the head with a 3 D-Cell maglight could have saved a ton of grief here. No bullet exiting the pressurised hull. Clean solution?
Hey you, ever thought that BEFORE you get on such a list, you must make a fool of yourself once ? Or do you think that all the future stupid acting flyers are known BEFORE they board ?
The guy got off very light. Absolutely he should pay the 17 grand plus a huge fine and be banned from flying forever. I see his kind all the time when travelling to the Caribbean and have even gotten some of them arrested at the end destination. Sunwing should have gone onto to Cuba and let the jerk rot in a Cuban jail cell. Big thing is to give him lots of jail time to think about just how stupid he is.
Back in the day before air carriers relaxed their standards for pilot recruitment. most if not all flight crew were military veterans. These guys could handle most rowdy passengers.
Yes make him pay for the fuel burned and dumped because of his behavior. Maybe if people see the consequences of there action s they will think twice about starting the vacation part in the airport bar.
Of course the bottom line is this person should be executed - probably would be in Cuba - but at the very least he is responsible for every delayed and inconvenienced passenger's expenses and time and every one of them has a valid case against him.
Next thing we know, a small "holding cell" will be included in the cabin to alleviate flights having to divert. Hmmm - the way things seem to be going, that may not be such a bad idea.
Airlines should unite and create a blacklist, passengers such as this idiot should never be allowed to fly again. It wouldnt take long for word to get around.
Wait a minute, before jumping to conclusions the question is: was he drunk before boarding, if so then the airport authorities and the airline agents should have prevented him from boarding and handed him over the poice if warranted. Now if in spite of being drunk they let him aboard then the blame is somebody else's. Now I for one thik that if a passenger gets drunk while airborne and acts in an unfit manner, then he should be wrestled down by the cabin crew, duct tape him hands and mouth alright, and CONTINUE FLYING to destination.
There was a time where I would invariably be quite lit when getting on a plane, and drink more while on-board. Not everyone creates a problem while inebriated. For me, it was a way to get rest on those long flights overseas.
Not everybody who is drunk can be "spotted" by ground agents. And I'm not sure that merely being drunk is grounds to deny boarding. You only have to be able to follow flight attendant's instructions. Finally, they don't test passengers to see if they can be allowed to board. Whether he was drunk before or after he boarded it's still his responsibility. We'd certainly prefer to have ground personnel identify problem passengers before they board, but it's unrealistic to expect much success in there.
Another case of how to make an instant asshole--just add alcohol!! Yes he should pay. Same goes for the 5 Brits who forced a plane to land in Winnipeg recently. Zero tolerance is the only message these idiots understand.
and yet, airports keep adding more places inside the terminal to get alcohol. Newark Terminal C no longer has moving walkways in at least one of the concourses, and it's now basically a terminal-long bar.
It has less to do with alcohol than it does psychological fitness. I'm becoming more and more convinced that airlines should demand passengers produce and file a "psychological fitness to fly" that is signed off by their primary care physician and be on file BEFORE being allowed to purchase a ticket. Times are different. People are nuts. This is getting ridiculous. Clearly people are flying on airplanes that should NOT be allowed to fly or be in contained, close proximity to others for any extended period.
....and yet again, why should the vast majority of us who drink alcohol responsibly be deprived of the facilities to do so - at the airport or on board - simply to accommodate those who don’t or won’t? I deplore this tendency to blame everyone and everything rather than the culprit. No question in my mind, he should have to pay the FULL cost of the diversion. One caveat here; IF the ground staff let him on board, aware that he was likely to cause disruption, then they should shoulder some of the blame but this is not always obvious at the time.
...and yet again...how many drinks are there in "responsible"? How about flying...or anything else for that matter...SOBER? Or is that just out of the realm of possibility?
Amen. How about toking responsibly, isn't that the same as drinking responsibly. I'd rather no one do either on my airplane, thank you very much. further, one person's idea of "responsibly" can be worlds apart from the next persons!
NORAD has operational control of all U.S. and Canadian air defense assets to use for defending the airspace of both countries. Those assets respond to threats as directed by NORAD.
That is not near the cost of the Diversion and add a Fighter Jet escort to boot... He should have to pay more like 50 to $75,000 or more. It costs about $20,000 an hour for a fighter jet alone and they had 2 not to mention the airline costs.
That is about 20%-30% of actual cost for diverting, overtime, and put the others on other flights, let alone those missed vacation plans... Maybe if we make all unruly passenger pay the actual cost, they will be less unruly.
Many years ago Flying was a pleasure. Ash trays in the arm rest, free pillow, free blanket, FREE DRINKS, Good looking stewardesses and all of the people were neatly dressed. Now we are in the year 2018 and anything gets on a Airplane. My brothers and I will only fly first class so we do not have to sit with low life individuals.