No need to tolerate thugs like this

[Phil Space]

Despite the perceived glamour of flying as a career the day to day routine has its problems.
This story below underlines why it is time for aircrew to get tough.
From the BBC website
Air rage smoker jailed for attack

A 53-year-old man who terrified fellow passengers on board a holiday flight and assaulted an air steward has been jailed for 12 months.
Stephen Robinson clambered over seats to hit his victim after being told to put out a cigarette on the Thomas Cook Turkey to Newcastle flight in March.
At Newcastle Crown Court he admitted endangering the safety of the aircraft and causing actual bodily harm.
Robinson of Hope Town Lane, Darlington, forced the plane to be diverted.
The hearing on Friday heard how Robinson clambered over other passengers in his row of seats.
In the melee that followed airline steward Philip Miles was hit in the face causing damage to eight of his teeth, the court heard.
The busy Boeing 757, from Antalya to Newcastle, was diverted to Frankfurt in Germany where Robinson was removed.
Recorder Brian Forster QC said: "You terrified the people who were about you and you made the life of the aircraft crew very difficult."
In a report on the incident one passenger said: "I have never witnessed any behaviour like this before when I have flown and I hope I will never see it again." Tim Parkin, prosecuting, said Robinson offered the guilty plea on the basis that he admitted endangering other passengers but not the aircraft.
The court heard how Robinson became aggressive after trying to use a House of Fraser store card to buy drinks.
Cabin crew needed the help of passengers to restrain Robinson after the attack and held him down before he could be handcuffed.
Kristian Mills, defending, said Robinson had no money and was forced to eat leftovers from canteens as he roamed around the German airport for two days.
He eventually asked a charity to fund his flight home as nobody in the UK was willing to act as a guarantor.
The court was told that the judge had no power to ban Robinson from flying again, but that he had been blacklisted by Thomas Cook.