The man verbally and sexually harassed the plaintiffs, a mother and her 16-year-old daughter, on a nine-hour flight from JFK Airport to Athens, Greece last year, according to the Tuesday filing, which accuses the airline of gross negligence.
After the harassment had escalated from verbal to sexual assault, the mother requested that the flight attendant change their seats, but they allegedly said there was nothing they could do.
A different male passenger volunteered to switch seats with the teen, however, and sat between the man and the mother for the remainder of the trip, according to the filing.
It it sometimes shocking how little it takes to be someone’s hero when nobody else seems to care.
Seriously. I hate that some rando has to step in because the people who are literally there to step in either can’t or won’t.
When did fucking around on planes stop being followed by finding out? This guy had zero consequences after being so overt about it that a separate third party intervened.
I thought this was the kind of shit that got you duct taped to your chair for 10 hours but I guess not
Airlines should be required to have at least a row of seats vacant. The current standard of intentionally over booking gives the flight staff very few options to deal with unruly passengers. SOMEONE needs to occupy the seats next to belligerent passengers, because there aren’t any other options.
This is a problem created by airline greed.
10 drinks in 9 hours? Delta would be smart to settle this one quickly.
Meanwhile this dude should be in prison.
That’s actually not that many, assuming they weren’t guzzling 10 in the first hour. Depending on height and body weight, a drink an hour wouldn’t even put a male’s BAC above the legal driving limit in most places in the U.S.
Drunk or not, they should definitely be catching charges
Drinking on a plane typically hits people harder, I’ve seen estimates that say you essentially double your level of inebriation when drinking while flying
I’ve heard that as well, though I looked it up and it doesn’t seem to have any hard evidence (from a cursory google search). The one thing I did see that seemed convincing is that higher altitudes have less oxygen, so your blood will have less oxygen making you feel more drunk at a BAC level you would be fine with on the ground.
" Delta has not commented on the lawsuit but, in a statement to Fox Business, said that the airline “has zero tolerance for customers who engage in inappropriate or unlawful behavior.”
“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and our people,” Delta told the outlet. "
What a joke. I hope they win the case.
I have some entirely speculative guesses about what sorts of stickers adorn that man’s vehicle, and what sorts of flags are flying in front of his house.
Delta being Delta. Glad I never flew with them and never will.
As someone who flies a lot for both work and travel, Delta is by far the best of the domestic airlines for customer service. Their planes aren’t as new as American/United, but they make up for it with better service. Alaska is decent but doesn’t fly nearly as many places, and they also give long, annoying “sign up for our credit card” speeches on every flight.
