Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

[turbinetree]

Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.

By Neil Vigdor
Aug. 3, 2021
Updated 9:10 p.m. ET
A Frontier Airlines passenger assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, prompting one crew member to tape him to his seat until the plane landed, the authorities said.

Part of the altercation was caught on video by other passengers, who jeered as the man was restrained for the remainder of Flight 2289, which left Philadelphia at 10:41 p.m. on Saturday and landed 2 hours and 37 minutes later.

Frontier Airlines said in an initial statement on Tuesday that the flight attendants would be “relieved of flying” while it investigated, which drew sharp criticism from the Association of Flight Attendants, the nation’s largest flight attendants union. Later on Tuesday, the airline said that paid leave was in line with “an event of this nature.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/max-berry-frontier-airlines-flight-attendant-assault.html

This punk should be charged with felonies.....end of story

[PortTack]

1. What were the attendants supposed to do...wait until he tried to open an emergency exit?? Geez

Taping a drunkard abuser to his seat didn’t hurt him, saved further injury and kept him doing something even worse

[Orrex]

3. Like so many other problems in life, this problem could easily be solved by an ejector seat.

Follow me for more stress-busting tips!

[ms liberty]

8. So glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read this...

[Orrex]

10. Lol

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. They should have a button to push and the seat

just drops out the bottom of the plane. They could give him a parachute.

[SheltieLover]

2. This pos should spend 10 yrs in prison

Make an example of him & try the case on a rocket docket & publicize the hell out of it!

[Freddie]

4. I've flown Frontier Philly to Palm Beach a number of times

Can’t recall them serving alcohol (or anything else). Crew works hard. They should be rewarded for doing the right thing!

[Princess Turandot]

5. 49 U.S. Code § 46504 - Interference with flight crew members and attendants. Max penalty? 20 years..

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/46504

49 U.S. Code § 46504 - Interference with flight crew members and attendants

An individual on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States who, by assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member or flight attendant of the aircraft, interferes with the performance of the duties of the member or attendant or lessens the ability of the member or attendant to perform those duties, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. However, if a dangerous weapon is used in assaulting or intimidating the member or attendant, the individual shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

[rsdsharp]

6. But, but, but his parents have two fucking million dollars!

[ribrepin]

7. Good they will have money to get him the very best

legal representation.

[LiberatedUSA]

9. He was bragging about his parents being worth 2 million.

Depending on where you live in the country, you could live the rest of your life on the dividends on that as long as you showed restraint, but 2 million doesn’t give you the kind of power he seems to think it does.

And it isn’t his money. Good thing he is an adult, they can choose to save their money and not spend it on his own legal bills. Or they can and they will be worth a lot less.

[PatSeg]

12. Yeah, I found that a weird thing to brag about

He made it seem like that gave him license to do whatever he wanted. That obviously might seem like a lot of money to many people, but it does not come with any great power or influence.

He sounds like a spoiled, undisciplined brat. Hopefully, he will pay dearly for his outrageous behavior.