From MSNBC:

You know the angst that occurs when nature calls and your path to the loo isn't as clear as you would hope?

A 63-year-old Massachusetts man on a JFK-bound American Airlines flight found his path to the bathroom blocked by a beverage cart early Thursday. His response? He repeatedly kicked and knocked over the cart — and then punched a flight attendant — according to a report in the New York Post.

Sources told the paper that Michael Isabelle, flying into New York from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, punched flight attendant Carlos Carrico in the stomach after the crew member grabbed his arm.

Carrico, a fellow flight attendant and a passenger put plastic cuffs on Isabelle after wrestling him to the ground, the Post reported.

New York Port Authority police took Isabelle into custody upon landing, and took him to a hospital for a psychological evaluation.

The flight attendant did not file criminal charges.

 

Why the hell not?

 

Maybe AA doesn't pay for trips dropped to appear in court

 

The Feds may have enough evidence to file criminal charges regardless of what the F/A says or does not say.

 

So yet again, bad behavior is rewarded... (well it isn't punished anyway)

 

The continued wussification of America's youth.

 

How does that relate to the story? The guy who punched the FA was 63? If I were the FA I would have done what he did AND filed charges. I don't come to work to get into fights.

 

Some employers prohibit prosecution of a customer unless the employee is compelled to do so under subpoena. Almost all employers frown on prosecution of a customer.

I don't know what American's policy is, but seeing as how they launched their corporate attorneys on kids playing Microsoft Flight Simulator (alleging copyright infringement for making airplanes in AA colors), nearly anything is possible with them.

 

Not to mention that I would sue him to within an inch of his financial life...

 

I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm.... you know...like this...