Disclaimer: This post is NOT appropriate for the kids… In the time we’ve been covering the airline industry, we’ve seen our share of strange flights and bizarre occurrences. There have been drunk passengers, drunk flight attendants, miniskirts, and ladies who dubbed themselves “too pretty to fly.” But NONE of that prepared us for THIS story that ran on Sky Talk today. Keep reading to see what can happen while sleeping on a plane…

American Airlines is being sued. Not because of mechanical issues with any of its planes. Not even because of delays or cancellations. No, they are being sued because of something a passenger claims happened on the plane. This passenger believes that American Airlines employees failed to protect her from another passenger while she slept.

She claims the other passenger in question engaged in a solo sex act in the seat next to her, while she was sleeping:

“The woman slept most of the flight, but awoke about 20 minutes before landing when the pilot announced the plane was on descent into Los Angeles. When the woman opened her eyes, she saw that an unknown man had moved into the seat next to her and was staring at her as he masturbated, the suit states.

The woman [then] turned toward the window in embarrassment and in an act of nervousness began to run her fingers through her hair where she noticed…” (from Sky Talk)

What did she notice? I’ll let Sky Talk (the airline blog of the Ft. Worth Star Telegram) fill you in on all the gory details. I tried to come up with a clever “There’s Something About Mary” joke, but all I thought of was, “Are you serious? Is this what the world has come to? What is going on!? Seriously, what is going on?!” I honestly don’t know what else to say…