Man chased flight attendant who refused him crackers, court told

[mikehunt]

The fuel dissipates and vapourizes before it hits the ground.

As for this moron, I'd imagine the pilot decided that it wasn't worth taking a chance heading out over the ocean with him if was getting that abusive, confrontational and attempting to trip up flight attendants over cheese and crackers. Hope they make the f**ker pay some serious costs and ban him from flying.

Why didn't they just give him the cheese and crackers?

Maybe they were tending to something more urgent?

Maybe the seatbelt light was still on?

Maybe they were about to start the snack service and didn't want individuals coming to the galley.

Who cares?

Not getting his treat shouldn't mean throwing a tantrum like a toddler, threatening fellow passengers and trying to endanger people using the aisle.

A simple request leads to all this palavar. It hasn't been mentioned why he didn't get the cheese and crackers. You have 2 choices, give him the cheese and crackers or refuse to give them to him, divert the plane, dump a load of fuel, ruin people's travel plans and have a day out in court.

How about a third choice? You accept what the flight attendant says and sit down and wait like a normal, decent, human being.

Which didn't happen so see options a) and b).

So the flight attendant was supposed to have foreknowledge that this neanderthal would escalate his conduct to the point that the pilot felt they had to divert?

Sure maybe we should all go to the galley the second the flight levels off and tell the attendants to drop everything and dig out the crackers and cheese because we're feeling a little peckish!

Unless you've been asleep, its common knowledge by now that threatening, disruptive behaviour on a flight will end up in a diversion and serious trouble for the offender.

Amazing that people don't seem to know this.

So on a flight with a few hundred people a few lads couldn't put this fella back in his box? The mind boggles.

If they failed and subsequently the man caused serious damage to someone or the aircraft, the Captain might have been joining the dole queue.

Meh they should have just given him some Jacobs and cheddar dosed with laxatives/sedatives to keep him busy for the duration of the flight.