ONBOARD MD80S; PAX WAS INTOXICATED AND UNRULY; STANDING DURING LNDG AT TAILCONE EXIT. AUTHS MET ACFT AT DEST.
Synopsis
ONBOARD MD80S; PAX WAS INTOXICATED AND UNRULY; STANDING DURING LNDG AT TAILCONE EXIT. AUTHS MET ACFT AT DEST.
Narrative
PAX WAS UPSET DURING BOARDING. SHE GOT ON LAST AND REFUSED TO CHK HER LUGGAGE. SHE WAS VERY ANGRY. I WORKED UP FRONT SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FLT. 15 MINS BEFORE LNDG; I WALKED THROUGH AND MOVED PAX SITTING NEXT TO HER BECAUSE HE HAD A CLOSE CONNECTION TO ANOTHER FLT. SHE WALKED UP BEHIND ME AND WAS PUSHING MY BACK. I ASKED WHAT SHE NEEDED. SHE SWORE AT ME AND SAID THAT MAN WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND THAT SHE WAS A F DOCTOR! HE WAS COMPLETELY FINE. I SAID 'MA'AM; SIT DOWN AND FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT.' SHE YELLED AT ME AND SAID SHE WOULD TELL MY SUPVR. I WALKED HER BACK TO HER SEAT. SHE WOULD NOT SIT DOWN FOR DSCNT. I MADE A PA AGAIN ASKING HER TO SIT. SHE WOULD NOT. SHE STOOD UP AND HELD ON TO THE BARRIER STRAP AT THE TAILCONE EXIT. UPON LNDG; SHE CRAWLED UNDER IT AND WAS HARASSING FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE AFT JUMP SEAT. NOT SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING; #1 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED COCKPIT AND ASKED FOR AUTHS TO MEET OUR FLT. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SHE WAS INTOXICATED. SHE COULD HARDLY WALK; SHE WAS STUMBLING ALL OVER AND HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED. THE GATE AGENT HAD PROBS IN THE TERMINAL BEFORE BOARDING WITH THIS WOMAN AND HER AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. THE FLT ATTENDANT IN THE BACK HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH HER DURING BOARDING. INTOXICATED PAX SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ACFT. IF SHE WERE NOT ALLOWED ON BOARD; WE WOULD HAVE NOT HAD TO HAVE BEEN STANDING UP AND 'BABY-SITTING' HER DURING LNDG AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BOTHER THE CAPT DURING LNDG AND STERILE COCKPIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.