Betcha he's a smoker! Anybody want to bet that if the hosties had taken this bloke to the back of the plane and offered him a fag or two and a few soothing words that this would never have happened. Tons of money saved all round and he would have got off at destination shame-faced and feeling like the prat he obviously is.
IMHO Anti-smoking rules on aeroplanes are causing more problems than they ever solved. But, hey, I'm not politically correct, so have a go at me, why don'tcha?