FlyboyAl
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Well, I've read about it, but never seen it until last night.
We were on QF846 SYD-DWN and ended up being about 70 mins late leaving SYD.
I was seated in 14C when a passenger lurched into me as she made her way further down to about seat 20B. didn't think anything about it at the time.
After about 15 mins of sitting at the gate, there was much coming and going of cabin staff between the coughpit and the seats behind us. The captain appeared briefly at the coughpit door, looking down the plane, then a rather tall ground staff supervisor appeared and went down to the seat to "discuss" things with the passenger.
More sitting at the gate for another 10 mins when we got a PA announcement advising us all that there was a problem, which we all knew about(!) and that security had been called.
We then heard "I'm going to Darwin", "I'm not getting off this plane" etc etc in a raised voice coming from the aforementioned seat.
Another 10 mins or so later, 2 of the tallest Federal Police Officers I've ever seen appeared and went down to the seat, accompanied by a full round of applause from the passengers. One of them had to bend his head to actually walk down the plane !!!!!!!!
A little while later, a rather diminutive female walked down the plane, then turned and apologised to everyone and left the plane.
We ended up in Darwin about 20 mins late.
Whilst I don't think the passenger was regarded as a "threat" , she would certainly have been a safety hazard because her breath would have started a fire if it had got close to a flame!!!!!!!
The crew were great, and I suspect there were several of us who would have willingly thrown her off, just so we could get underway.
Full credit to Qantas staff for the way it was handled, although I guess it could have been different if the passenger had been violent.
We were on QF846 SYD-DWN and ended up being about 70 mins late leaving SYD.
I was seated in 14C when a passenger lurched into me as she made her way further down to about seat 20B. didn't think anything about it at the time.
After about 15 mins of sitting at the gate, there was much coming and going of cabin staff between the coughpit and the seats behind us. The captain appeared briefly at the coughpit door, looking down the plane, then a rather tall ground staff supervisor appeared and went down to the seat to "discuss" things with the passenger.
More sitting at the gate for another 10 mins when we got a PA announcement advising us all that there was a problem, which we all knew about(!) and that security had been called.
We then heard "I'm going to Darwin", "I'm not getting off this plane" etc etc in a raised voice coming from the aforementioned seat.
Another 10 mins or so later, 2 of the tallest Federal Police Officers I've ever seen appeared and went down to the seat, accompanied by a full round of applause from the passengers. One of them had to bend his head to actually walk down the plane !!!!!!!!
A little while later, a rather diminutive female walked down the plane, then turned and apologised to everyone and left the plane.
We ended up in Darwin about 20 mins late.
Whilst I don't think the passenger was regarded as a "threat" , she would certainly have been a safety hazard because her breath would have started a fire if it had got close to a flame!!!!!!!
The crew were great, and I suspect there were several of us who would have willingly thrown her off, just so we could get underway.
Full credit to Qantas staff for the way it was handled, although I guess it could have been different if the passenger had been violent.
, but being as "drunk as a lord" always makes me laugh 
