Passenger's bomb joke on Jetstar flight 'costly'

[NM]

from news.com.au:

AN aircraft passenger was only joking when he implied he had a ticking bomb and wanted to machete chop the head off the man sitting next to him on a flight to Cairns, a court has been told.

The behaviour of Patrick Kevin Winter, 43, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on a Jetstar flight from Brisbane on Saturday afternoon, was more along the lines of "ill-advised attempts at humour or attention-seeking behaviour", his lawyer said.

 

[anat0l]

from news.com.au:

Serves him right. And even if he was drunk I wouldn't buy that for an excuse - not for getting off the hook and not for a mitigated sentence.

In fact, $1200 + costs seems rather light for the potential ramifications of his actions. (Unless, of course, he also has a criminal conviction recorded.)

 

[munitalP]

There has got to be some common sense applied....

"Old Mate" in jeans, catapillas and an AC/DC tee shirt shouting "I've got a ticking bomb and need a machette to cut this dudes head off" is going to be taken serious?

Are we as a nation becoming hyper sensitive to stupidity?

Mr!

:shock:

 

[straitman]

There has got to be some common sense applied....

Are we as a nation becoming hyper sensitive to stupidity?

Mr!

:shock:

Not becoming. I think it happened a while ago :!: :shock:

 

[anat0l]

There has got to be some common sense applied....

"Old Mate" in jeans, catapillas and an AC/DC tee shirt shouting "I've got a ticking bomb and need a machette to cut this dudes head off" is going to be taken serious?

Well, perhaps we've given the next odd terrorist an idea for an alibi costume. :-| :shock:

Are we as a nation becoming hyper sensitive to stupidity?

It all started long before my time when you couldn't trust what people said any more and we actually had to start locking the doors of our houses.

Why did he have to say the lines in the first place....dumb idea all up. Besides, had no one taken action and the threats had been real (emphasis on had - in this case nothing happened), can you imagine how many feet deep in s*** QF let alone the FAs would have been.

 

[oz_mark]

There has got to be some common sense applied....

"Old Mate" in jeans, catapillas and an AC/DC tee shirt shouting "I've got a ticking bomb and need a machette to cut this dudes head off" is going to be taken serious?

Are we as a nation becoming hyper sensitive to stupidity?

Yes, but I do recall that somewhere on the JQ and QF websites a statement about such jokes being severely frowned upon.

 

[JohnK]

They don't need to be drunk! It must have been a very serious incident that thriggered this type of outburst. These type of people are actually quite common in our society and should never be let of their house. :shock: