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February 18, 2008

Drunk Passenger Plea Bargains

Filed under: Airlines, Drunk, Passengers — mike @ 11:50 am

I’m not one to judge you for having a couple of drinks on the plane, but if you get drunk and belligerent, you should know that you will end up paying for it.

A drunken passenger who caused an American Airlines flight departing Seattle and destined for Miami to divert to Denver. It seems he was insulted a flight attendant suggested he should stop pounding the Vodka. The passenger hurled obscenities and allegedly “grabbed the buttocks of a female passenger.”

Keep reading for all the sordid details…

Petrie did not plead guilty originally, but when sexual assault charges were pressed, it appears he looked for a way to plea bargain. He has changed his plea to guilty of interfering with flight attendants in exchange for the assault charges being dropped and a reduced sentence.

Things could still get pretty serious for Petrie. On top of a possible $10,000 fine and six to twelve months of jail time, American Airlines is asking for $7,757 or the amount it cost to divert the flight. Oh, and Petrie is Canadian, so he also faces possible deportation.

Check out The Province for classic Petrie quotes such as “let’s party and have some drinks!”

 

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