breaking the rules
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Charged? Yes, if the Police there were doing their jobs properly (trust me, there's police in some apt's that don't give a to$$)
The problem from my point of view [as an airport safety official] is that airlines seldom want to press charges as it would mean cabin crew needing to give written statements to the police and in many cases, having to give evidence in court.
Very often flight and cabin crew want the pax thrown to the wolves until it is explained to them that the Law has certain requirements such as witnesses and statements etc. Then there's a sudden change of heart, possibly due to turnaround times, crew not being based in the destination town, etc.
In my airport, when word comes through of an inbound flight with an offending pax, be it smoking, drunkeness, theft, assault etc, the crew will be asked if a prosecution is THEIR preffered course of action, then arrests, statements etc will follow.
If the crew do not have an interest in punising the offender, then the plane is met by 1 or 2 officers, who cannot take any action against the pax, and they will just escort the person off the plane.