Moustakas went on to make sexualized threats against the woman and also gave the Nazi salute. He grabbed a second attendant, pinned her arm behind her back and forced her head down to her knees.
Why wasn't that assault? Is it because she was merely a flight attendant? This says something pretty uncomfortable about the way we view them. Do this to a random woman on the street and you (should be) looking 15 years or more in prison.