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Old 1st Feb 2019, 21:44
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bafanguy
 
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Originally Posted by Airbubba
Looks like the famous Isleworth Crown Court is more sympathetic to the inebriate passenger's angst:

"Law firm worker, 43, who got so drunk on a transatlantic United Airlines flight that the pilot was forced to turn around over Ireland and return to Heathrow is spared jail"




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oids-jail.html
Yep...the perps get off no foul. It's all about protecting the perp since the airlines are just bags of money and won't miss the cost of the diversion. Inconvenience to all the other pax ? Who cares...

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