2004-05 · NASA ASRS report 623218
A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT PAX PURPOSELY SOILED THE CARPET WITH A VARIETY OF BEVERAGES AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE OVER THEIR ALCOHOL HAVING BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE CABIN CREW DURING A FLT FROM MIA TO SFO.
FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE: PAX WHO WERE TOGETHER BOARDED PLANE. ONE WALKS RIGHT INTO MY GALLEY AND ASKS FOR 2 CUPS. I ASK HER; 'YOU'RE NOT DRINKING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL; ARE YOU?' SHE REPLIED; 'OF COURSE WE ARE...NOT' THEY WERE ORIGINALLY IN SEATS THAT WERE 8 ROWS APART. THEY ASKED OTHER PAX TO MOVE SO THEY COULD SIT TOGETHER IN ONE ROW. FLT ATTENDANTS IN MAIN CABIN SAW THEM POURING THEIR OWN WINE AND TOOK THE BOTTLE AFTER INFORMING THEM THEY COULD NOT DRINK THEIR OWN ALCOHOL ON BOARD. (I HAD MADE THE REQUIRED ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER TKOF SAYING JUST THAT.) THEY BECAME VERY UPSET AND BEGAN TO SWEAR AT THE FLT ATTENDANTS. THEY USED VERY BAD LANGUAGE AND RANG THEIR CALL BUTTON A LOT. THEY ASKED FOR CUPS AND CUPS OF WATER AND CANS OF CLUB SODA. OTHER PAX SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THE BEVERAGES AND POUR THEM ON THE CARPET AND RING FOR MORE. I HAD ONLY THAT CONTACT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FLT AND NO OTHER. THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS WERE HANDLING IT SO WELL; I DIDN'T NEED TO GET INVOLVED; THOUGH; I ASKED THEM IF THEY WANTED ME TO; I WOULD. PAX CAME OFF THE FLT COMPLIMENTING THE CREW FOR HOW THEY HANDLED THESE ROWDY PAX; EVEN SHAKING THE HAND OF THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT; SINCE THEY WERE SICK AND TIRED OF THE TROUBLE THEY HAD CAUSED.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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