Don't drink and fly..

[ozzy72]

A British man has appeared in a US court after allegedly threatening to kill all 247 passengers on board a flight from North Carolina to London.
Sean Simon John Joyce, 38, of London, became abusive after drinking wine on the flight from Charlotte, prosecutors told the US district court in Boston.
It was diverted to Logan airport, Boston, after he allegedly assaulted and intimidated crew members.
If convicted of the charges he faces up to 20 years in jail.

[Craig.]

that would have been a USAir flight from charlotte to gatwick. I did the same route last year. Dumb ass. :-/

[Hagar]

This is getting ridiculous. Maybe it's time they stopped serving alcohol on flights & in the airport lounges. They stopped smoking so if people want to fly they will just have to put up with it.

[ozzy72]

It is odd that it is always youngish British males that cause this trouble with drinking and flying...
But I agree for the most part it'd probably be a good idea. Of course nervous passengers could get special dispensation or valium

[Hagar]

Of course nervous passengers could get special dispensation or valium

No dispensations. If they want to fly they put up with it like everyone else or find some other form of transport. I'm a hard man where this nonsense is concerned.

It is odd that it is always youngish British males that cause this trouble with drinking and flying...

Young British males cause enough trouble when drinking anywhere. Young British females are as bad if not worse now. The problem is they can't hold their liquor.

[ozzy72]

They can hold it in their hand, then in their stomach. Then it ends up down the pan one way or another.....

[beaky]

Probably be for the best all around if they banned booze on flights , or at least limited people to one or two drinks. I usually have one at the most- I want to be fully functional and alert in case something goes wrong.

[ozzy72]

I like a glass of wine of two whilst flying Malev as they always have good wine from my local vineyard region.
But otherwise I never drink and fly, the pilots might get struck by food poisoning and I'd have to land the plane (best watch Airplane later for a refresher course)

[Bazza]

Regarding young Briish males drinking, I would like to point out that we had the British Rugby fans (the Balmy Army) here in New Zealand for a recent test series.

Despite the fact that their teams got badly beaten, in such a manner that problems could have been expected.....they endeared themselves to the local population right thru the country with their sportsmanship and good behavior.

They drank pubs dry, they booked out cities accomodation, but they never put a foot wrong.............no a trace of the soccer hooliganism anywhere.     They, and the millions they spent, are welcome back anytime soon...

[Hagar]

Thanks for that Bazza. Glad to hear it. However, Rugby fans are not your average Brit hooligan.

[ozzy72]

Football fans seem to be the root of the problem, along with the famous

[-sam-]

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[ozzy72]

Sam he hasn't been convicted yet so his sentence isn't certain, only up to a maximum of 20 years.
Arming stewards/stewardesses is a bad idea, terrorists would then have weapons already on-board the aircraft!
Honestly after the 9/11 attacks Americans are v.sensitive to aircraft terrorism issues (understandably) in the same way Europeans were in the late 60s and early 70s.
Personally I think he'll get banged up for drunk and disorderly and threatening behaviour, and frankly he deserves everything he gets for being a pillock if nothing else... Maybe other people will think before opening their big gobs in future

[beaky]

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[ozzy72]

Rotty even King Kong would be hard pressed to open a door at altitude. Differential pressures