There are so many lessons here, but 1.) drinking and flying can be a very dangerous combination, 2.) you cannot throw things at flight attendants even if you are a first class passenger, and 3.) if the cops tell you to remain calm, you should certainly listen.
After Assaulting Flight Attendants Onboard, First Class Passenger Has A Meltdown When Police Hold Her Accountable
A 23-year-old woman was flying in first class on American Airlines to Dallas. Police bodycam footage at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport shows what happened once the aircraft arrived.
It seems the woman was intoxicated after being served one drink onboard and became quite combative with flight attendants. In fact, she became so combative that she threw her bag at two flight attendants (that is assault) and also threatened to hurt them with expletives.
DFW police were summoned and were waiting on the jetbridge when the aircraft arrived. Police officers asked one of the flight attendants to escort the woman off, but the flight attendant said she was too scared.
Seated in 1A, the woman was first off anyway and two police officers met her on the jetbridge and escorted her into the gate area, where she was interviewed as to what happened onboard.
She was then arrested and became very agitated when she was not able to make a call to the person who was picking her up. Instead, she was told that as long as she cooperated she would be held for four hours (until the intoxication wore off) and could make as many phone calls as she wanted. She was also told that she would only be charged with a misdemeanor, “On the same level as a speeding ticket.”
But when it set in that she was actually being taken to a holding cell for several hours, the woman had a meltdown so severe she had to be restrained by police. Take a look at the video below:
CONCLUSION
Folks, this was an unforced error and this does not appear to be a woman with mental health issues. Rather, it is a woman who simply drank too much on an airplane. The solution is easy enough: don’t drink on a plane if your alcohol tolerance is limited, even just one drink. As this pathetic interaction shows, it is just not worthwhile.
image: Police Watch / YouTube (screen grab)