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United Airlines Passenger Slapped With Huge Fine For Hitting Flight Attendant
A man who disrupted a United Airlines flight has been spared jail time, but faces a hefty fine for verbally and physically assaulting a flight attendant on a flight to Tokyo. (liveandletsfly.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's a little over 13 hours from Chicago, I've done it many times! It gives a person plenty of time to make an ass out of themselves!
Having time to be an ass does not mean you have to be.
Only if you're ass already: plenty of people are able not be asses on 13-hour flights...
As he should be heavily fined and banned from future air travel. Worried about social distancing & COVID while in jail?... bring back 'the hole' to fix that concern.
His flight ended up being EXPENSIVE
He got off easy. Of course the flight attendant can -- and should -- still file a civil lawsuit...
Not necessarily. Some employment contracts specifically limit employees abilities to sue for something that happens while on the clock.
I seriously doubt that being physically assaulted would limit an employee's ability to file a civil lawsuit against this idiot.
Most contracts that try to control employees ability to sue don't say they *can't* sue, but that if they do sue, they are responsible for ALL of it. Some feel it's a PR issue too. But whatever.
Suing is not inexpensive, and finding a lawyer that will take the case might be hard. Many 'good' cases are not being litigated because the costs involved are believed to be higher than the amount of any possible award. So lawyers will take a case if they can put little into it, and get a lot out of it. Sick, huh...
Suing is not inexpensive, and finding a lawyer that will take the case might be hard. Many 'good' cases are not being litigated because the costs involved are believed to be higher than the amount of any possible award. So lawyers will take a case if they can put little into it, and get a lot out of it. Sick, huh...