When a passenger is so disruptive that a diversion is required, one course of action makes sense to me: ban him for life.
It’s invariably a him, isn’t it?
That’s what happened to passenger on Jet2 after a flight from Belfast to Ibiza was forced to divert in Toulouse, France.
The man was drunk. Even before takeoff, he and his group of revelers were “aggressive” toward the crew. The group had a blow-up doll and several bottles of alcohol with them…
While he probably should not have been allowed to board in the first place, the captain had a word with him prior to takeoff and opted to let him fly. He was warned not to consume his own alcohol onboard.
But when FAs would not sell him any more alcohol after takeoff, he went ballistic. After badgering crews and families with young children, the captain opted to divert the flight. In response, Jet2 confirmed the passenger is banned:
We will not under any circumstances tolerate this type of disgraceful behaviour on board our aircraft. We will be taking further action in support of our crew to ensure the passenger is held accountable for his actions and indeed he has already received a lifetime ban from future Jet2 flights.
Yesterday I wrote about Gregory Alexander, the 82-year-old Florida man who began poking a FA then directing derogatory taunts toward her.
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It could be the man suffers from dementia. But even if he did, even if it was not alcohol: disruptive passengers are more trouble than they are wroth, especially when they touch others.
Perhaps this is already done discreetly in the USA, but the solution to disruptive passengers is simple: make it clear that their future business is not welcome.
image: Jet2
invariably a him??? when it comes to unruly airline passengers, women are well represented.
Agreed. Why is it “invariably” a him?
Plenty of posts on this very blog suggest an equal distribution of unpleasant seatmates among genders.
As a United Captain, I have had significantly more passenger misconduct by female passengers than male. Anecdotal, I know.
I think you mean “discreetly” in your last paragraph. If it was done indiscreetly, then we’d know about it.
“Badgering crews and families with young children, the captain opted to divert the flight.”
If the captain was badgering crews and families with young children, perhaps he should have been removed from the flight as well.
Important missing word added.
Unfortunately, the pilot still appears to be doing the badgering – though we now know it was before diverting the plane.
I think your edit made it worse lol
It still reads like the captain was the one badgering.
“After badgering crews and families with young children, the captain opted to divert the flight.”
Perhaps the captain diverted the flight as an act of contrition.
Captain Dan G. Ling-Modifier was the one doing the badgering.
Is there anyone at/through SFO or EWR (or ORD, I guess) who has tried going in on an AC J boarding pass yet? Reviews specify “long haul business class” is required, but the Polaris page says International First or Business on a *A partner is acceptable, and, well, technically an AC J flight from SFO or EWR to somewhere like YVR or YYZ is international. I know AC J’s were initially let in, and then later turned away at ORD due to crowding issues, but I wonder if that’s the case elsewhere. I’ve scanned Flyertalk for a real report, but have not encountered anything yet on this topic, specifically for the new lounges. Anyone?
The simple solution is to ban alcohol altogether.I’m pretty sure nobody Will die as a result.Maybe limiting it to 1 beer or wine and that is It,Period end of story!!! Or are the airlines to greedy?
Too much money at stake.
Ban it by law, then it’s a level playing field & All airlines can adjust their fares accordingly.
Alcohol is already banned in motor coaches. There’s no excuse for airlines. To carry on as they do.