Plastique,

... it is not the first time that Air two bob have had these type of problems on the florida routes, remember the "travelling people" that ran amok a couple of years ago..


Not Air 2000, Airtours ... now MyTravel.

back to the subject:
The gentleman concerned is quoted today as saying that the complaint is ridiculous.

Lets hope someone had a video recorder running to support the dozens of witnesses who saw what really happened.

A check by the UK police of his past behaviour pattern may be illuminating as well.

Air rage idiots
 

Gents,

Perhaps in your professional capacity you could enlighted a PPL as to the erm niceties of the Air navigation Order.

Am I correct in stating that theh ANO states that it is illegal to allow passengers entry to an aircraft if intoxicated by drink or drugs?

As I PPL that would extend to me declining any mates whom may have had one too many on safety grounds.

Does this relate to Airlines as well , as the bars are always open, the duty frees are always open and drink is always served.

To me it appears that the airlines continually bleat about these passengers, but along with airport authorities allow the idiots to consume as much as they like day and night.

You dont have to reek like a wino and not be incharge of your faculties to board an aircraft, then create merry hell having consumed those duty frees you purchased, or but a drink from the drinks trolley.

I wonder how many of you professionals feel about ferrying the shell suit wearing simi literate W*****s whom seem to fill our airports these days, on the grounds of safety. What if a drunk is next to the overwing exit?

I get the impression the Airport Authorities and Airlines are only paying lip service to their concerns in their insaciable hunger for profits.

SB

Hobie,

I couldn't agree more ! Sadly in air-rage cases, the farcical U.K. judicial system seems reluctant to hand out maximum sentences. Half the time they seem to get off the hook on technicalities or due to 'lame' mitigating circumstances (that w**ker from the band REM is a classic example).

Greenfinch

Mr Mardell's lawyer Fritz Sheller said his client
denied the charges. He added that the
incident was of a type with which cabin crew
dealt every day.

The prosecution now has 30 days to outline its case.

'Absolutely silly'

Mr Mardell, who said he was on his way to his
son's wedding, earlier told reporters that claims
he was drunk, aggressive or violent were
"absolutely stupid".

He said by phone from prison that he had been
pushed to the ground by two people after the
plane had landed and as he was getting off.

"I'm not a violent person at all, never have
been," he said.

"I was not being disorderly at all, not at all.
That's stupid, that is, absolutely silly."

The Beeb.

Well innocent until proven guilty but I've never heard such separation from reality in my life. Three of the folks who had to restrain him were off-duty police officers. Total Prat. I'm surprised he knows where he is at the moment - a secure lock-up in Florida.

Here's another update:


U.S. trial for UK air rage suspect

August 22, 2002 Posted: 4:52 AM EDT (0852 GMT)

Mardell has denied the claims made against him

ORLANDO, United States -- A Briton accused of threatening to kill a passenger on a transatlantic flight and trying to open the plane's doors in midair has been indicted to face trial in the United States.

Victor Mardell, 57, from London, faces a possible 20-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $250,000 if found guilty.

The charges relate to an Air 2000 flight from Manchester, England, to Orlando, Florida, last Friday.

The criminal complaint, filed Saturday, says Mardell brought his own whiskey and consumed it during the flight.

When the plane was preparing to land, the complaint said: "Mardell became belligerent, threatened to kill a passenger, and attempted to open one of the doors of the aircraft."

After the plane landed, it said, he assaulted two flight attendants.

Mardell -- who was travelling to the U.S. for his son's wedding -- denied being drunk, aggressive or violent and described the claims as "absolutely stupid."