Actually this is a rather harsh sentence. The loss of a year’s wages for most people will result in a loss of their home,car, job, savings, and maybe custody of their children.
Flight attendant was just doing her job. She could have been disciplined if she didn’t. There are plenty of passengers just waiting to turn them in if they don’t.
Makes you wonder what these people would do if they ever had to work for a living...
Define abuse. Are you saying that if this, “…The then-28-year-old grabbed the flight attendant by the hair and punched her in the head and face, leaving the victim with three chipped teeth and a battered eye that required stitches…”
i was in 12d from IAD to ATLabout 2 weeks B4 the mask mandate was lifted. There was an older Gentlemen and his fie in E and f. He was weraring this surigclal maske below his nose. The 20 something flgiht attendant came back and asked him to wear it properly. He put it up for 10 seconds and then down the moment she turned around. About 2 mintues later she's back again. Whe 12E was NOT HAVING ANY of that. About five minutes later here she comes again, but she's intercepted by teh mid 50's some FA who sez to her, "honey, we want to finish this flight without an injury. Why don't you let it go?....."...as I was about to get out of my seat to make way for the fisticuffs.
Who dat and wha happened?
Oh. That guy. I don’t recall him getting beat up. Didn’t they just have to drag him down the aisle when he refused to go when he was told to get off the plane? If they beat him up, then yeah, we’re crossing into ‘under color of authority’ issues.
You can watch the video:
IIRC, because of this incident he now owns enough UAL stock and other assets to retire comfortably.
NY Times says I gotta subscribe. So does he get smacked around? Or just dragged down the aisle?
I don't get how the puncher thought it would be appropriate to film the flight attendant. Like they're the injured party. I can't stand that that's some people's first reaction to someone with authority asking a simple thing and get combative and going to film the ordeal.
A law enforcement officer (Chicago Port Authority Officer, if memory serves) physically dragged him off the plane because he was disobeying the airline's instructions to deplane. From what was reported about the incident, I believe that his getting bloodied was also caused by actions of the officer, but I don't know exactly how. There is at least one long thread about it:
What happened to Robin Fleming? Google doesn't seem to be coming up with anything relevant.
