PLT RPT ON INTOXICATED JUMP SEATING PLT IN CABIN.

Date: 1999-04 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-passenger-misconduct

Synopsis

PLT RPT ON INTOXICATED JUMP SEATING PLT IN CABIN.

Narrative

PLT (OBSERVING PLT; ANOTHER AIRLINE) REQUESTED JUMP SEAT. HE PRESENTED PROPER IDENT. I TOLD HIM HE COULD SIT IN BACK IF HE LIKED AND HE PROCEEDED TO PAX CABIN. HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INTOXICATED. DURING FLT TO DAL; FLT ATTENDANT STATED THAT HE KEPT STANDING UP AND MAKING SEXUAL COMMENTS AND BEGAN TOUCHING FLT ATTENDANTS #2 AND #3 INAPPROPRIATELY. DALLAS RESOLUTION COMPLAINT CTL CTR WAS NOTIFIED AND MET ACFT ALONG WITH DALLAS POLICE. THE FLT ATTENDANT LATER STATED THAT HE APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE JUMP SEATING PLT WAS FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE; AND SHOWED HIS PROPER IDENT WHILE THE CAPT WAS IN HIS JUMP SEAT; THEREFORE HE WASN'T CLOSE ENOUGH TO SMELL THE ALCOHOL ON THE JUMP SEATER'S BREATH. THE RPTR STATED THAT THE OBSERVER WAS IN THE GALLEY WHEN THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS ON AND REFUSED TO SIT DOWN. IN THE GALLEY; THE PLT WAS SEXUALLY GRABBING THE FLT ATTENDANTS. THE RPTR DOESN'T THINK THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD EVER SERVED HIM LIQUOR; BUT WAS INTOXICATED WHEN HE BOARDED. DALLAS POLICE AND THE FAA MET THE FLT. THE FAA IMMEDIATELY TOOK HIS LICENSE AWAY; AND CHARGES WERE FILED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.