Ooops It Seems Age Does Not Bring Good Behaviour

[Redhelen72]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11148633/Brits-cheer-woman-DRAGGED-plane-police-SLAPPING-steward-took-away-G-T.html

[gness]

Haven't flown for many years, Helen and never liked it but imagine being in the air with a woman like that. Scary to say the least.

[davebro]

damn savage...

[jno]

"Do you know the woman? Email [email protected]"

pardon me if I don't shop people to the Mail - their naming and shaming is an outrage and they pay so little for the tips...

Seriously - silly woman, but I wouldn't be laughing and jeering as she was dragged away; just heaving a sigh of relief, I expect.

[gness]

Agree, Jno....now if they upped the payment a little.... ;-)

[wolf63]

She may have been ever so slightly pizzed.

[Redhelen72]

Your right Gness that would be truly terrifying to be caught in a tin can with her

[ToraToraTora]

From the reaction of the rest of the passengers I'd say she'd been a right pain in the proverbial.

[andy-hughes]

It's a never-ending problem for airline staff, that airports allow passengers to drink alcohol before the plane takes off, and then the combination of reduced air pressure and excess alcohol can lead to scenes like this.

I just think it's a shame that the general reaction of other passengers is to jeer, and film the whole sorry business on their phones.

I don't think that strangers humiliating themselves and people being assaulted as they do their job is something i find either amusing, or something I would feel the need to record and show anyone else who wasn't there.

As for redhelen's notion that age somehow equates to behaviour, and that an increase in one coincides with a decrease in bad behaviour, is clearly nonsense - the majority of people behaving badly on planes because of alcohol abuse are a lot younger than the lady here.

[Gromit]

The bit where she stands up and bangs her head makes me laugh. The Mail has got the short clip looping. :-)

[naomi24]

Disgraceful old woman - but I’ve been on a plane with worse.

[andy-hughes]

Here we have an incident that underlines the issue of letting people drink alcohol and then board a plane.

So what does the pilot do as a 'sorry' for the delay in the flight?

Give everyone free drinks!!!

I hesitate to say you reap what you sow but ....

[Sqad]

Good point A-H.

I thought that about 10 years ago, it was that inebriated passengers were to be turned away at the boarding gates.

I can understand why a passenger would appreciate a drink whilst on the plane, but I cannot understand why a drunk passenger would be allowed to board.

[naomi24]

The number of flights around the world runs into many millions annually so incidents like this are really quite rare. I don’t think it warrants denying the rest of the passengers a drink.

[naomi24]

I agree sqad. People who are clearly the worse for wear shouldn’t be allowed to board.

[jno]

///As for redhelen's notion that age somehow equates to behaviour, and that an increase in one coincides with a decrease in bad behaviour, is clearly nonsense - the majority of people behaving badly on planes because of alcohol abuse are a lot younger than the lady here.///

I find it impossible to say if andy is agreeing or disagreeing with Redhelen here.

...It's nonsense to say an increase in age brings a decrease in bad behaviour...

...but most people behaving badly are young...

[Redhelen72]

Jno, couldn’t work it out either

[Zacs-Master]

Me neither. So I ignored it.

[naomi24]

I didn’t try.

[Redhelen72]

Yup zac

[andy-hughes]

Zacs - // Me neither. So I ignored it. //

Clearly you didn't.

You have to read something to know if you understand it or not.