Man faces charges after doing shots and asking cabin crew to join ‘mile high club’ on first ever flight

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A US man travelling by airplane for the first time has wound up with felony charges after getting drunk and allegedly asking if members of cabin crew would join the “mile high club”.

Officers from the FBI have been referred to as to meet a disruptive passenger at Orlando International Airport after a Spirit Airlines flight from Kentucky that arrived at round 10am on 6 January.

Court paperwork state that James Warren Finnister, 37, requested the lead flight attendant if she would join the mile high membership – a euphemism for having intercourse whereas on an plane at altitude – earlier than grabbing a second, pulling her into his seat and repeating the query, experiences Fox 25 Orlando.

The member of employees reported the incident to her supervisor after releasing herself from Mr Finnister’s grip.

The court docket paperwork go on to state that Mr Finnister wouldn’t keep in his assigned seat and was asking “questions related to entering the aircraft cockpit” that alarmed employees.

He ultimately “[lay] down on the floor of the aircraft in front of his seat after being moved for a third time by flight attendants due to his disruptive, intimidating behaviours.”

Mr Finnister was arrested for knowingly interfering with the efficiency of the duties of the flight crew. According to experiences, he has been launched forward of a trial.

The first-time flyer admitted to consuming shots forward of the journey to settle his nerves however stated the charges have been “bogus” in an interview with The Daily Beast – claiming he solely made a joke in regards to the mile high membership and that he didn’t recall the incidents within the criticism as he was asleep for a lot of the journey.

The Independent has contacted Spirit Airlines for remark.

In late 2023, a video of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant banning a mom she had earlier seen doing drunken cartwheels within the airport went viral.