Unruly behavior on airplanes can lead to hefty fines for passengers.
Just ask Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, from Chelmsford, England, who this week was ordered to pay $20,638 to United Airlines for his outbursts on a flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, in March.
The incident kicked off when MacDonald, 30, was having a loud argument with his girlfriend, according to an affidavit. The situation soon escalated and he started yelling at a flight attendant. He was both verbally and physically aggressive, according to court documents.
“When flight attendants asked MacDonald to be quiet and attempted to calm him, he became belligerent,…
