According to the Australian Federal Police, a then-32-year-old man from Western Australia was disruptive on a flight headed from Perth to Sydney. As a result, the plane had to turn around and go back to Perth, which meant that the pilot was forced to dump some fuel to land.

Now, the passenger has been ordered to pay $8,630 AUD ($5,806 USD) back to the airline to cover the cost of the wasted fuel. The Perth Magistrate Court also fined him $6,055, meaning that his mid-air misbehavior has a total price tag of $11,861 – likely many times higher than whatever h

  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    6 days ago

    Bars and restaurants are public places too. What’s the difference? Airline travel is stressful since people are now treated like cattle in a high security area. Banning alcohol sales just means that normal people won’t drink at the airport while the people with problems will chug shooters before getting to the airport and be drunk all the same.

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      5 days ago

      What’s the difference?

      They get kicked out when they cause a problem, and don’t cost the other 150 other people hundreds of $$$ and days of their time.

      Airline travel is stressful

      Alcohol is not the fucking solution to that, are you kidding me? Now you have have drunk people in a stressful situation.