Unruly BA Airline Passenger Arrested At Airport
[Updated] A 54-year-old man was arrested this evening when the British Airways flight landed, with the man having apparently “consumed too much alcohol and became belligerent and verbally abusive.”
“Bermuda Police attended a report of an unruly passenger onboard an inbound British Airways flight from Gatwick Airport at 7pm on Sunday,” a police spokesperson said.
“It appears that a 54-year-old man had consumed too much alcohol and became belligerent and verbally abusive to crew and fellow passengers.
“When the plane landed in Bermuda, the 54-year-old man was taken to Hamilton Police Station where he was processed and detained.
“A court appearance is expected in the near future.”
Update: A British Airways spokesperson said, “Our customers and crews deserve to enjoy their flights, and not to suffer any form of abuse. This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated, and the appropriate action will always be taken.”
They don’t learn do they. Lets hope the fine at least matches all of the costs & inconvenience of having to deal with him & the airline bans him from flying with them again.
British Airways seems to have this problem more frequently than other airlines. Could the free booze have anything to do with it?
Absolutely….if they charged less for the air ticket and more for the alcohol, perhaps they would have better results!
betcha he’s on BA’s stop list now.
I thought it was Westjet. Oh ok.
Serving liquor to passengers is such a good idea.
Consumed too much alcohol or over served I would guess even if the crew cut him off he wouldve been problematic just the same.
Thousands can drink responsibly without issue. Why should they be denied a simple pleasure because a very few so-called adults cannot?
Well, endangering a planeload of people is a pretty solid reason I would think.
Yes i must say that it’s a good idea but they should have a limit on the amount they serve especially on long haul flights in economy with the exception of those that are in first class because some people really don’t know the cost of getting drunk pax off of their flights and not to mention the costs it involves to the airline and the inconvenience to the other passengers whom which are depending on getting to their destination on connecting flights to other destinations.
6.5 hours is not considered long haul.
6.5 – 8. And yes it is?
Sometimes passengers consume alcohol before they even get on the plane and it’s not apparent. Then they could be served a couple more that would put them over the limit. Once the crew notice that the passenger is intoxicated, they will cut the passenger off and say ‘no more drinks’ and that’s the point at which they go ballistic. I’ll bet that’s what happened-that he acted up when they said they wouldn’t serve him any more drinks.
Serving liquor to passengers IS a good idea. 99.9% of passengers drink responsbily. One bad apple should not spoil the barrell …………….
One bad apple does spoil the barrel, and why is serving liquor a good idea? Your drug of choice, clearly. Seek help fool.
My Dear Puritan Sage. A drink is a drink and should be allowed regardless of your puritanical viewpoint. Go rain on someone else’s parade.
Alcohol is a harmful, dangerous and addictive drug which is known to lead to bad decision making and violent behavior. I bet you railed against banning cancer sticks from commercial flights too, if airlines had any sense they would stop serving it, and all you coffin varnish proponents need to do some self-analysis. If you have to drink with every meal, drink at the beach, drink around the kids, drink on a flight etc., etc., you may have issues that need addressing which liquor can’t solve.
Probably angry that for the exhorbitant cost of a ticket, he couldn’t even charge his phone.
Never heard anymore about the last one a couple weeks ago. Put them in the same cell.
They should stop serving Liquor on commercial flights.
Maybe they should stop renting hotel rooms to Bermudians.
we could take the lead here lock him up forever