Re: Douche Bag Passengers
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:40 pm
Thank you for making this a great Friday.Were the pull-ups relentless?
Concur.I would assume that lesser, carefully-measured pull ups would have kept the plane in-flight.
Off with her head, in the Name of the Queen!The hits just keep coming. The article said $5000 of fuel was dumped but what about the cost of the fuel burned on the approximately 2-hour flight, having the plane out of sequence to operate its next flight out of IAD, crew costs, extra crew lodging, a bag of peanuts for the coach passengers, etc. etc. I assume LHR also assessed its landing fee - isn't it something like 25 pounds / passenger?
So two "her", uh?'Unruly passengers' hit with largest-ever US fines
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Two airline passengers accused of "unruly behaviour" have been hit with the largest fines ever proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The five-figure penalties on the two flyers accused of violence are part of $2m (£1.5m) in fines levied this year.
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In one incident, an American Airlines passenger travelling from Texas to North Carolina has been asked to pay a $81,950 fine for threatening to hurt a flight attendant. The attendant had offered to help the passenger after she fell into the aisle of the plane.
The unnamed passenger then allegedly pushed an airline worker and tried to open the cabin door. While flight attendants attempted to restrain her, she repeatedly hit one staff member in the head. When she was placed in cuffs, "she spit at, headbutted, bit and tried to kick the crew and other passengers", the FAA said in a news release.
In the other incident, the passenger was flying on Delta Air Lines from Las Vegas to Atlanta. She allegedly tried to "hug and kiss the passenger seated next to her, walked to the front of the aircraft to try to exit during flight; refused to return to her seat; and bit another passenger multiple times". That passenger, who is also unnamed, was physically restrained by crew members and has now been asked to pay a fine of $77,272.
Neither incident involved a failure to adhere to Covid measures.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61047164