Despite being informed by a flight attendant that bringing alcohol onboard was against the rules, the passenger still continued to drink. The incident occurred last April during a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to San Diego, Calif., a flight that usually takes less than an hour and 20 minutes. But liquor service status last spring had little bearing on the Southwest passenger; the FAA alleged the person simply brought their own booze. In September, the FAA reported that the rate of unruly passenger incidents on commercial flights had dropped sharply it adopted its Zero Tolerance campaign. Of the FAA press releases dealing with unruly passenger fines since late May — the agency has seven posted on its site — weed was not cited any another time.
In yet another case of passengers behaving badly, the actions of a customer who allegedly sexually assaulted a flight attendant and smoked weed in the bathroom were deemed sufficiently beyond the pale that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a US$40,823 ($51,845) fine.
The incident occurred last April during a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to San Diego, Calif., a flight that usually takes less than an hour and 20 minutes.
But liquor service status last spring had little bearing on the Southwest passenger; the...
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