Hobie -- Don't understand your comment. What would you suggest -- give him what is known locally as the Groot Crocodil finger and say "Pretty Please! Return to your seat!" Seems to me he was luckier than a guy in the US who only made it off the plane into the morgue after a somewhat similar incident. . .I can well believe that it could take "five strapping men" to restrain a fighting drunk.
El Peligroso - Yes, Well, No, Fine -- strange things do happen in the New South Africa. Maybe a career change is indicated, say to the South African Cricket Team?