Business Class Passenger Gets Racist When Refused A Drink
Ryan Boyd November 15, 2018
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
An apparently drunk Irish passenger created a wild, racist public scene on a recent Air India flight destined for London after flight staff refused to provide her with further alcohol.
Irish lady behaves in such an abusive, racist way with @airindiain crew for being refused extra drinks. Very decent AI crew behaviour. Arrested on landing. Wonder if she should have been controlled onboard with handcuffs. @JitiBhargava @Mohan_Rngnathan pic.twitter.com/kSTDmGOEm5
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) November 13, 2018
“I am a f—— international lawyer.” “Rich Indian f—— money grabbing b——.” “You f—— stupid c—, the charming passenger screamed at flight staff, who presumably qualify for a Nobel Peace Prize for managing to remain courteous.
To read more on this story, go to India Today.
@HawaiianGuy So you are telling me I can no longer have a glass of Champagne, because every 10000 flights or so some moron is having a tantrum? To be honest, I'd rather take my micro chances of having to experience such an event. Put the idiots on a no fly list and leave it at that.
Most airline passengers who consume alcohol do so problem-free. I don't usually drink except during social occasions, but if I'm going on a trip I do enjoy one or two adult beverages while on a long flight. Certainly there should be limits, and in this case, the passenger was cut off perhaps a bit too late. But kudos to the flight crew for having the patience of a saint. I probably would've not been able to keep so calm.
@HawaiianGuy Alcohol is being consumed in many settings, yet it seems to be more of a problem on planes than anywhere else. It may just be an impression of course. Perhaps it is the mix of alcohol with the decidedly less-than-friendly environment aboard a plane that makes the difference? Cramped seats (even if this lady seem to have been in first class), sometimes bad service, stress going into the airport (some of which are becoming more fortresses than malls, thank you Bin Laden!), the experience to be in a confined tube of metal for several hours... The list is long. None of this should absolve her of her acting stupidly. Obviously, millions fly and can behave, with or without alcohol intake. It is just interesting this seems to be happening frequently in airplanes (or, for that matter, cars during rush hour) but you never hear much about this happening aboard trains.
Looks like this lawyer will be saving on legal costs if she decides to defend herself!
Time after time after time, these incidents happen in the wake of over-consumption of alcohol. In spite of overwhelming evidence of the problems that it brings, airlines STILL insist on serving alcohol. I suspect that the real reason is that it's lucrative for the airlines. And the idiots who make these decisions live in their Ivory towers where they'll never have to confront the rude, and sometimes dangerous behavior of these drunks. No, they'll let their lowly flight crews and paying passengers (that would be US) to deal with ensuing problems. Anything to make a buck. If you can't go a few hours without a drink, you've got a problem.