Travelling back to Sydney from SIN in J on SQ231 last Friday morning with the 3 kids and wife.
As the aircraft taxis a guy in the front of our section of the cabin (we were in rows 24/25) gets out of his seat and is told firmly to sit down. Does so, but then gets up as the a/c rotates (!) and staggers down the aisle introducing himself to every passenger (including my kids and me). Looked into his eyes and something is clearly amiss - there's nothing there. Alcohol, drugs, medication?
Cabin crew screaming at him to sit down but he keeps going back to the WC area. Not sure how he got back to his seat but once the crew were released the CS approaches him and starts what will become a 2 hour conversation (on and off) with this moron.
I decided to stay awake - past experience tells me dudes like this are not predictable. Also offered to help the FAs if they needed someone to sit on him if required.
Finally they get him quietened down but the same thing happens later during turbulence.
CS (with backup from other crew) eventually decide enough is enough and force him into a seat.
As we disembark I walked past him (resisting the urge to put the boot in......) and notice he's in cuffs.
Meanwhile on the same flight the 6 yo of the couple behind my wife decides to poo his pants (and mose of the seat cover. Crew clean him up and offer the mother a nappy, who's horrified: "He's six - he doesn't need a nappy!". (I beg to differ!). Sure enough, and hour after the cleanup and deodorising process, he does it again. My poor wife was beside herself, and claimed to be suffocating with the stench.
So, yeah, pleasant flight home.........................right up there with the time a farmer next to me dropped an entire pack of butter into my shoe without me noticing - until I put it back on during decent after a 15 hour trip sfrom the US in Y!
I stress these current incidents weren't SQ's fault. They handled things well.
And oh yeah - the coppers were waiting on arrival, but didn't enter the aircraft until we were off.
Have a great day
Peter
As the aircraft taxis a guy in the front of our section of the cabin (we were in rows 24/25) gets out of his seat and is told firmly to sit down. Does so, but then gets up as the a/c rotates (!) and staggers down the aisle introducing himself to every passenger (including my kids and me). Looked into his eyes and something is clearly amiss - there's nothing there. Alcohol, drugs, medication?
Cabin crew screaming at him to sit down but he keeps going back to the WC area. Not sure how he got back to his seat but once the crew were released the CS approaches him and starts what will become a 2 hour conversation (on and off) with this moron.
I decided to stay awake - past experience tells me dudes like this are not predictable. Also offered to help the FAs if they needed someone to sit on him if required.
Finally they get him quietened down but the same thing happens later during turbulence.
CS (with backup from other crew) eventually decide enough is enough and force him into a seat.
As we disembark I walked past him (resisting the urge to put the boot in......) and notice he's in cuffs.
Meanwhile on the same flight the 6 yo of the couple behind my wife decides to poo his pants (and mose of the seat cover. Crew clean him up and offer the mother a nappy, who's horrified: "He's six - he doesn't need a nappy!". (I beg to differ!). Sure enough, and hour after the cleanup and deodorising process, he does it again. My poor wife was beside herself, and claimed to be suffocating with the stench.
So, yeah, pleasant flight home.........................right up there with the time a farmer next to me dropped an entire pack of butter into my shoe without me noticing - until I put it back on during decent after a 15 hour trip sfrom the US in Y!
I stress these current incidents weren't SQ's fault. They handled things well.
And oh yeah - the coppers were waiting on arrival, but didn't enter the aircraft until we were off.
Have a great day
Peter
