A DRUNK PAX ACTED BELLIGERENTLY TOWARD THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND WAS ARRESTED UPON ARR AT JFK.

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ON FINAL APCH FOR LNDG AT JFK; FLT ATTENDANT #5 ADVISED ME THAT THE PAX SEATED BEHIND HER JUMP SEAT WAS DRUNK AND WAS BEING VERY BELLIGERENT. I VERIFIED HIS NAME FROM THE PAX LIST AND WENT TO COACH TO ASSESS THE SITUATION. WHEN I ARRIVED; I FOUND MR X SITTING PARTIALLY SLUMPED IN THE SEAT WITH HIS LEGS IN THE AISLE AND WAS MUMBLING FOUL LANGUAGE. I THEN REALIZED THAT I HAD INTERACTED WITH MR X 3 TIMES DURING THE FLT BEFORE THIS 4TH INTERACTION: 1) ONCE DURING THE MEAL SVC. I WAS TENDING TO XA AND XB WHEN MR X ASKED ME FOR THE BATHROOM LOCATION. I DIRECTED HIM TO USE THE LAVATORY BY 2L. HE THANKED ME AND PROCEEDED TO THE BATHROOM. HE SEEMED TO BE FINE THEN. 2) A SECOND TIME; WHILE I WAS HELPING THE COACH FLT ATTENDANTS WITH THE TRAY PICKUP. HE ALSO SEEMED TO BE FINE THEN. 3) A THIRD TIME DURING ONE OF MY WALK-THROUGHS. WE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION AND HE WAS COHERENT; FOCUSED AND VERY FRIENDLY. THIS TIME; I CALLED OUT HIS NAME AND INTRODUCED MYSELF. I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD HELP HIM WITH. WHEN HE LOOKED UP AT ME; I NOTICED HIS EYES WERE VERY GLASSY; HIS BREATH SMELLED LIKE ALCOHOL; AND IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO FOCUS. I ASKED HIM TO BRING HIS LEGS IN FROM THE AISLE AND TO PLEASE FASTEN HIS SEATBELT. HE ASKED; 'WHY SHOULD I?' (HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED) AND I EXPLAINED THAT 'WE ARE ABOUT TO LAND' AND THAT HE NEEDED TO BUCKLE UP. WHILE HE COMPLIED; HE YELLED THAT HE WANTED TO GET OFF THE PLANE AND THEN UNFASTENED THE SEATBELT AGAIN AND BEGAN TO CURSE. I POLITELY ASKED HIM TO STOP. HE SAID; 'AND WHO THE $%@* ARE YOU? I CAN SAY WHATEVER THE $%@* I WANT; THIS IS AMERICA.' I TOLD HIM WE HAD CHILDREN ALL AROUND US THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE. HE TOOK A ROLL OF WHAT SEEMED TO BE $100 BILLS OUT OF HIS POCKET AND ACTUALLY PUT HIS LIPS ON MY L BREAST WHILE GRABBING MY PELVIC AREA WITH ONE HAND AS HE WAS TRYING TO HAND ME SOME MONEY WITH THE OTHER HAND. I COMMANDED HIM TO STOP AND PUSHED HIM AWAY FROM ME. HE PARTIALLY SLUMPED IN HIS SEAT AGAIN AND BECAME VERBALLY ABUSIVE AND BELLIGERENT TO ME. IN HEARING THE COMMOTION; FLT ATTENDANT #4 CAME TO MY AID ASKING IF I NEEDED HELP. AT THIS TIME; MR X WAS TRYING TO MOVE AROUND ME TO GET TO MR Y. IT SEEMED LIKE MR X WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE IN A FIST FIGHT WITH MR Y. I ASKED FLT ATTENDANT #4 TO ADVISE THE CAPT OF THE SITUATION AND THAT I AM REQUESTING PORT AUTH POLICE TO MEET THE FLT. EVEN THOUGH MR X WAS DISPLAYING INTERMITTENT EPISODES OF BELLIGERENT/VIOLENT BEHAVIOR; FLT ATTENDANT #7 GOOD COP/BAD COP APCH ALLOWED ME TO GATHER SOME INFO FROM MR Y WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY (PARTY OF 4). MR Y INFORMED ME THAT HIS ORIGINAL ASSIGNED SEAT WAS YB. HIS FAMILY WAS SITTING IN YC; D; AND G. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; MR Y CLAIMS; THAT MR X'S BELLIGERENT BEHAVIOR BEGAN. HE STATED THAT MR X WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL FROM HIS OWN BOTTLE; BECAME ANTAGONIZING AND CONFRONTATIONAL TOWARDS EVERYONE AROUND HIM; ESPECIALLY TO HIM SINCE HE WAS IN SUCH CLOSE PROX. THIS STATEMENT WAS CORROBORATED BY OTHER PAX IN THE AREA. WHILE GATHERING INFO FROM MR Y; I OVERHEARD MR X OFFER FLT ATTENDANT #7 $100 BILLS TO JUST LET HIM OFF THE PLANE. FLT ATTENDANT #7 CONTINUOUSLY REFUSED THE MONEY AND INSTRUCTED MR X TO PUT HIS MONEY AWAY. I ALSO OVERHEARD MR X YELLING THAT HE WAS TRAVELING WITH HIS PARENTS; REFERRING TO THE PAX SEATED IN ZC AND D; WHOM IN TURN LOUDLY DENIED BEING HIS PARENTS. I HEARD THE PAX IN ZC AND D SAY; 'WE DON'T KNOW THAT MAN; WE SAW HIM AT THE TERMINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME; WE ARE TRAVELING ALONE; WE ARE NOT HIS PARENTS.' THE FEMALE PAX SEATED IN ZC EVEN MANAGED TO GET MY ATTN WHILE I WAS TALKING TO MR Y AND SAID DIRECTLY TO ME; 'PLEASE; YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME; WE DON'T KNOW THAT MAN; WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM.' I REASSURED HER THAT SHE WAS NOT IN ANY KIND OF TROUBLE AND ENCOURAGED HER TO REMAIN CALM. ONCE THE ACFT WHEELS TOUCHED THE GND; MR X'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BEGAN TO ESCALATE RATHER QUICKLY. AS SOON AS THE ACFT DOOR WAS OPENED I DIRECTED MR Y TO GATHER HIS FAMILY AND BELONGINGS AND DEPLANE DOWN THE H AND J SIDE. MR X HAD BECOME VERY AGITATED AND I WAS CONCERNED HE WOULD ATTACK THE Y FAMILY OR ANY OTHER PAX. AS PAX CONTINUED TO DEPLANE; MR X ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OVER ZA AND B SO I MOVED IN FRONT OF ZA AND B WHILE FLT ATTENDANT #7 WAS TRYING TO TALK HIM INTO NOT CLBING OVER THE SEATS. MR X LEAPED AS TO ATTACK ME. AT THE SAME TIME; PORT AUTH POLICE WAS COMING DOWN THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT. ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS COMMANDED MR X TO STOP. AS THE POLICE APCHED HIM; MR X OFFERED THEM MONEY TO 'LET HIM GO.' AT SOME POINT; MR X SEEMED TO ATTEMPT TO PHYSICALLY ATTACK THE POLICE OFFICERS. MR X RESISTED ARREST BUT THE PORT AUTH POLICE WAS ABLE TO TAKE CTL OF THE SITUATION. ONCE MR X WAS IN POLICE CUSTODY WE RESUMED THE DEPLANING PROCESS. AS I WAS GATHERING INFO FOR MY RPT I NOTICED THAT MR X WAS INDEED TRAVELING WITH THE PAX SEATED IN ZC AND D. I BROUGHT IT TO POLICE OFFICER'S ATTN AND; WITH ME TRANSLATING; THE PAX IN ZC AND D ADMITTED TO; IN FACT; BEING MR X'S PARENTS ALL ALONG. UPON BRIEFING THE CREW; NO ONE SAW A LIQUOR BOTTLE IN MR X'S POSSESSION. AS WE ANSWERED CALL LIGHTS AND PERFORMED OUR WALKTHROUGHS; NO ONE PERCEIVED THERE WAS A PROB DURING FLT. WHEN QUESTIONED; ONLY 2 FLT ATTENDANTS REMEMBERED SELLING MR X ALCOHOL AND ACCORDING TO THEM IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 3 DRINKS COMBINED.