It’s nice to see passengers held accountable for their poor behavior onboard when they get drunk and make a scene. One British man has been ordered to pay United Airlines over $20,000 in restitution for his drunk and disorderly conduct onboard.
British Man Must Pay United Airlines $20,000 Restitution For Poor Onboard Behavior, Diversion
On March 1, 2024 a United Airlines flight from Newark (EWR) to London (LHR) diverted to Bangor, Maine (BGR). The US Department of Justice describes what went down with 30-year-old Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald:
While the flight was in U.S. airspace, MacDonald began arguing with his traveling companion and causing a disturbance. When flight attendants asked MacDonald to be quiet and attempted to calm him, he became belligerent, threatening, and intimidating towards them. When the international purser aboard the flight intervened, MacDonald became belligerent and intimidating toward him as well and stated that he would…