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Old 08-03-2016, 06:10 PM
 
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I agree with the above posts to stop serving alcohol in the Airports and the Aircraft. Too much potential for douchebagery.
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Old 08-03-2016, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Teckeee.


Try that on a flight in Canada, and you will be arrested as soon as the plane is on the ground, not even at the gate. Aircraft here have made diversions to an airport, to remove a problem passenger to the waiting arms of the Police. In Canada, that kind of action by a passenger is a serious criminal code offence, and upon conviction, the sentence can be as much as 5 years in prison.


here are a few recent Canadian news stories to back up what I wrote.


Air Canada flight to Delhi diverted back to Toronto after flight attendant assaulted | CTV News


https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...passenger.html


Two women face charges after Sunwing flight diverted back to Toronto | Globalnews.ca


WATCH VIDEO: Arrest of


In each case the persons involved were charged and prosecuted in Canada.


Things are different here. We don't let that sort of thing go unpunished .


JiM B.
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Old 08-03-2016, 07:48 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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What a surprise, alcohol.
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Old 08-03-2016, 07:50 PM
 
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Teckeee.


Try that on a flight in Canada, and you will be arrested as soon as the plane is on the ground, not even at the gate. Aircraft here have made diversions to an airport, to remove a problem passenger to the waiting arms of the Police. In Canada, that kind of action by a passenger is a serious criminal code offence, and upon conviction, the sentence can be as much as 5 years in prison.


here are a few recent Canadian news stories to back up what I wrote.


Air Canada flight to Delhi diverted back to Toronto after flight attendant assaulted | CTV News


https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...passenger.html


Two women face charges after Sunwing flight diverted back to Toronto | Globalnews.ca


WATCH VIDEO: Arrest of


In each case the persons involved were charged and prosecuted in Canada.


Things are different here. We don't let that sort of thing go unpunished .


JiM B.
In Vegas, we kill them. At least two cases of air rage ending very poorly.

We don't put up with people who try to harm Pokemon Go players either.

You can Google the links.


My town just boggles the mind at times.

On topic: rudeness such as he displayed should be painful. Like Hannibal Lecter, I dislike rudeness.
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Old 08-03-2016, 07:57 PM
 
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Here's a thought. Don't sell alcohol on the plane.

Flying is miserable enough, no need to get passengers drunk and belligerent.

Especially since it's the flight crew that has to deal them. Who wants to be the person that has to cut the passenger off.

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Old 08-03-2016, 09:50 PM
 
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That passenger was a sorry sack of $#@$. What a scumbag. I agree, he should never have been allowed on the flight in the first place if he was drunk, and definitely should not have been allowed to have continued to drink. I partially blame the airline for this as well - why do they need to serve alcohol on flights?!
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Old 08-03-2016, 10:08 PM
 
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I partially blame the airline for this as well - why do they need to serve alcohol on flights?!
Because the big yellow emergency slides are so much more fun when you're wasted.
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Old 08-03-2016, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Queens, NY
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That passenger was a sorry sack of $#@$. What a scumbag. I agree, he should never have been allowed on the flight in the first place if he was drunk, and definitely should not have been allowed to have continued to drink. I partially blame the airline for this as well - why do they need to serve alcohol on flights?!
Why not?

Plenty of people on airlines drink alcohol, and don't do what this guy did.
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Old 08-03-2016, 10:36 PM
 
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Why not?

Plenty of people on airlines drink alcohol, and don't do what this guy did.
I know, right? It's like in kindergarten when Jonny stuck chewing gum Under the desk, so nobody got to chew gum anymore.

The guys I sat next to on my last flight had a beer. No big deal.

I don't like group punishments. Punish the idiot who did this. Actions have repercussions. Hopefully, they are proportionate. ( reference to another thread )
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Old 08-04-2016, 05:10 AM
 
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I agree with the above posts to stop serving alcohol in the Airports and the Aircraft. Too much potential for douchebagery.
^^^
Honestly, this is the way to go, why/when did consuming spirits & flying become synonymous in the first place? Take liquor off the planes & out of airport lounges.

Really, I enjoyed an in-flight cocktail, but never had more than one, & it was during the golden age of flying, before airline traffic became more like the Grayhound bus.
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