DJ - Mid-air furore forces unplanned landing

[Hvr]

Police have charged a man after a disturbance on a plane which was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Sydney Airport.
Virgin Blue flight 707, en route from Hobart to Brisbane, was diverted to Sydney at 9pm on Saturday after cabin staff reported continued intimidation and abuse from a passenger.

Police entered the plane and arrested the 28-year-old man from Taree.

Hope he has to pay for all the extra expenses and then walk home.

 

[munitalP]

Sounds like another one worthy of the 30,000ft exit... :evil:

How long before we become like the US and the UK where boarding staff refuse boarding due to their expectations of drunk or sober?

Mr!

:shock:

 

[Nigelinoz]

Hope he has to pay for all the extra expenses and then walk home

Agreed,but in the nanny state we live in he'll probably get a judge like
Pat o'shane and end up with a slap on the wrist and a bond.
I wonder what would have happened if he had pulled such a stunt in the US?

 

[Mal]

I wonder if the airlines share 'no fly' lists. He's one of the passenger types I don't want to be next to on a flight.

Although - with the limited amount of ID checking in Australia, a no-fly list can't be easily enforced (and no, I'm not mandating compulsory ID checks at security or the gate),

 

[Homer]

Has anyone here been on a flight when a diversion due to this type of behaviour has occurred? I am wondering what the flight/cabin crew announce, if anything? Presumably it may inflame the situation if they announce that the plane will be diverting - the offender may become more aggressive, for example?

 

[thegurio]

Was he drunk or just an idiot? I have a simple theory that if i do something in a plane there's a lot of height between me and the ground below - but then again, unlike this guy, i do tend to get over things..

 

[dragonman]

Agreed,but in the nanny state we live in he'll probably get a judge like
Pat o'shane and end up with a slap on the wrist and a bond.
I wonder what would have happened if he had pulled such a stunt in the US?

Yes mate lets just execute the guy, like the US would. I will take Ms O'Shane any day - who by the way mostly attracts flak because of her colour and gender, more than her decisions.

Lets just let the editor of the Daily Telegraph rule on the matter and you, Nigel, can administer the lash.

 

[NYCguy]

Yes mate lets just execute the guy, like the US would. I will take Ms O'Shane any day - who by the way mostly attracts flak because of her colour and gender, more than her decisions.

To suggest that Ms O'Shane is derided because of her race or gender is nothing less than outrageous. She's made some highly controversial decisions, and that's the reason that she's the butt of so many jokes.

It may also shock readers to find that the USA doesn't execute idiots who make scenes on aircraft, although they are dealt-with quite severely. I, for one, think this is a fantastic idea. Antisocial behaviour which is so marked that it requires a diversion to offload the d*ckhead in question is not something that should be taken lightly.

So there.

And yes, the Daily Telegraph is a moronic paper, with populist articles written to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and an editorial policy that is pushing it in the direction of the National Enquirer or the News of the World. But antisocial behaviour is still antisocial behaviour.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Yes mate lets just execute the guy, like the US would. I will take Ms O'Shane any day - who by the way mostly attracts flak because of her colour and gender, more than her decisions.

Lets just let the editor of the Daily Telegraph rule on the matter and you, Nigel, can administer the lash.

How dare you suggest that I in any way advocated capital punishment?
I find your post highly offensive,may I remind you dragonman that Australia is a democratic society and the fact that I have found the judgements delivered in some courts of this country,by some magistrates,Pat O'shane included to be ridiculous and unacceptable is my right.I make no judgement about Pat O'shane on either grounds that you suggest,I simply have found (some) of her judgements unacceptable and I am not alone in my views,the fact that you may disagree with my views is your right,but do not suggest that I am not entitled to mine.:evil::evil::evil:

Edited to add that since I made my initial post on the subject I have found out through a friend who is DJ cabin crew that the whole incident was very alarming with the guy continually yelling abuse at staff and passengers,spitting on people and generally making a complete a**e of himself.my friend was not on the flight but her flatmate was.

 

[tuapekastar]

I will take Ms O'Shane any day

I wouldn't. She's a shocker.

But that's my opinion and we're each entitled to our own.

 

[straitman]

Yes mate lets just execute the guy, like the US would. I will take Ms O'Shane any day - who by the way mostly attracts flak because of her colour and gender, more than her decisions.

Lets just let the editor of the Daily Telegraph rule on the matter and you, Nigel, can administer the lash.

dragonman,

Whilst I respect your right to say what you like, this is one of the sillier comments that I've seen on AFF :!: Think about what you have said. :shock:

I then suggest that you go and read the Civil Aviation Act (CAA) from the CASA web site.

This type of behavior from this idiot is totally unacceptable and has severe penalties attached IF they are enforced. You don't have to agree with the CAA's but they are the law and you and I having a whinge are not going to change them.

I certainly would not want to have the guy on one of my flights whether I was sitting up front or down the back. :evil:

 

[dragonman]

How dare you suggest that I in any way advocated capital punishment?
...,I simply have found (some) of her judgements unacceptable and I am not alone in my views,the fact that you may disagree with my views is your right,but do not suggest that I am not entitled to mine.:evil::evil::evil:

Look calm down. I did not suggest you advocated capital punishment. Nor did I suggest you are not entitled to your opinion. I would appreciate a little factual discussion here.

I have looked into similar cases on the net and fail to find any cases in the USA that would hold your assertion to be true. Probation seems to be the most likely outcome. I do not think it should be.

To single out Ms O'Shane for a personal attack seemed to me to be harsh, it still does. I love visting the USA and have family there too, I am simply glad we do not share their legal system. YMMV

 

[dragonman]

dragonman,

Whilst I respect your right to say what you like, this is one of the sillier comments that I've seen on AFF :!: Think about what you have said. :shock:


I certainly would not want to have the guy on one of my flights whether I was sitting up front or down the back. :evil:

Of course neither would I. I am in no way defending him. He deserves what he gets.

What bothered me and still does was an attack on Ms O'Shane. No evidence presented and the magistrate is pilloried. Has she ever sat on such a case?

 

[Nigelinoz]

What I said is that he would probably get a judge like Pat O'shane and get a slap on the wrist.
I used Magistrate O'shane as an example because,in my view (and I believe in the views of some others although I can't produce any figures)
that particular magistrate has a history of handing down,what ,again in my view,are "soft" penalties.Now if those penalties,that have been applied in other cases are in your view justifiable then I have no issue with that.
You are entitled to your opinion,however I never said that he would come up before her,I simply used her as an example to demonstrate my view that too many offenders get unacceptably light sentences from "nanny state" judges.
And you are the one who raised the point about her gender and race-I mentioned neither,it is not relevant in this discussion,what is relevant is her history of delivering less than acceptable penalties (MY VIEW)

BTW I apologise to the moderators for taking this O/T.

 

[straitman]

What bothered me and still does was an attack on Ms O'Shane. No evidence presented and the magistrate is pilloried. Has she ever sat on such a case?

dragonman,

I have no knowledge of Ms O'Shane other than some decisions that have made national headlines and seemed to be, shall we say, seemingly weird decisions :!:
This sounds to me what was being commented upon.

 

[oz_mark]

I just hope they send him a bill for the cost of the diversion. That'll fix him.

 

[Mal]

I just hope they send him a bill for the cost of the diversion. That'll fix him.

Lol. Maybe. Or he might just ignore it like he probably did when the FA told him to settle down.

 

[pauly7]

Hope he has to pay for all the extra expenses and then walk home.

Anyway back on topic.....!

I wonder exactly what happened to get him so worked up... most probably alcohol... or I guess he could have accidentally eaten something off the Virgin food cart

 

[Mal]

Anyway back on topic.....!

I wonder exactly what happened to get him so worked up...

Could have been a bad batch of pills (illegal or prescription), too much alcohol (with a dodgy alcohol affected personality), mental illness, sadness at a recent event (eg someone passing away). etc etc etc.

The court hearing (assuming it happens) will make interesting reading.

 

[oz_mark]

Some info in this mornings paper

In a statement tended to the court police alleged Churchill boarded the flight in Hobart but soon became disruptive, wanting to go to the toilet before the seatbelt sign was switched off.

Police claim that a little later Churchill ordered a beer with his meal and immediately asked for another one. When the flight attendant told him she would attend to the other passengers first, they say he yelled: "Who are you, cough, not to serve me?"

Violent man on diverted flight charged - National - smh.com.au