Three people have just been fined for their behavior on a British Airways flight earlier this year, as reported by The Daily Mail. I don’t even want to call them ”reality stars” because that’s probably giving them too much credit, but my gosh these people sound insufferable.
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The passengers sitting around that trio could possibly claim damages. Must be a tort in there somewhere.
I’m sorry this is still privilege at it’s finest. These guys deserve jail time let alone some peanuts fine paid off by their rich parents.
The fines are too small to be impactful in this case; lifetime bans in the airline would more likely cripple the way they get around. Sleeping pills and anxiety medication aren't good excuses; isn't 20% of population on some kind of antidepressant? Yet I don't see a fifth of the passengers acting like jackasses on my flights!
And this on the back of a Virgin Atlantic passenger who was abusive to crew and passengers and avoided jail;
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/barbados-heathrow-drunk-passenger-attack-b1837830.html
Need to throw in some community service as well. £1,500 is nothing to some people.
Add a zero (AT LEAST) to those fines. Add some jail time (I bet even 7 days would be enough). And ban them from BA.
Absolutely abhorrent behavior.
Alcohol reveals your true self...
For everyone smart enough not to watch the show, I managed to get through season one, don’t ask how.
To give an idea of the participants in this show: one of them didn’t know where Australia was…
WHITE PEOPLE B*LLSHIT. If they were anything but Caucasian, the outcome would have been different.
A drunk tongue speaks a sober mind.
A right cross might have settled him down a bit for the remainder of the flight.
British's 29 years old "YOUTH" self important reality show star, compared
American's 74 years old "YOUTH" self important reality show star........
Right - until the penalties for this kind of shit outweigh the attention they crave, it's gonna continue to happen. Their parents put up with this behavior from their children. The rest of society doesn't have to.
Someone should have video recorded it and ran an online "Behind The Scenes" thing lol. At least let the FAs get something out of it.
Let your racist flag fly! Mawhinney's mother is from Dominica and would not be described as Caucasian.
You can be sure these twats are banned from flying BA.
@Sean Matthew Mawhinney is mixed race , not that it has any relevance. I’m sure his mother is appalled, given the fact she had to be mentioned.
What’s wrong with BA???!!! Where’s the part about the Lifetime Ban? Seems the punishment was a little slap on the wrist.
When people watch this garbage and turn mediocre, talentless people into pseudo celebrities this is the predictable result; loutish, entitled boors. It’s not unique to these “reality stars”, but they seem to embody it perfectly. TikTokers, influencers, all of them, no one should be surprised by any of them acting like garbage.
Why do you watch these idiots’ show tho?
And why so much detail on them (names, etc)
You don’t have a secret crush on them do you? Mmm, and this is NOT just a revenge because theyre too hot for u to handle...
hahahahaha JK
But seriously just sounds like they had too many drinks and they’re probably not very adult and mature people even without the booze
I used to see it happening on every single flight BA 274/275 to various degrees of drama
They just need to pay the fines and be banned. Too much attention and publicity (bad publicity is still publicity)
The fact his mother was previously Attorney General for England and Wales and separately for Northern Ireland is neither nor there. There is no such post as AG for the entire UK.
Our AG is totally different from a US AG either at state or Federal Level.
I doubt any BA cabin crew would even know who our current AG is let alone one who left office in 2010!
Idiots the lot of them.
And all the other passengers just sat there, kept quiet, pretending nothing was happening....that says a lot.
Not sure why anyone on a so-called reality show is referred to as a "star". They are far from it. They are no talent lowest common denominators attention seekers.
I guess that self important moron Ben had nothing better to report on this weekend!!!
Typical white privilege. They are fortunate to not be people of color. Otherwise the situation could have ended differently.
The judge (probably a district magistrate) was far too sympathetic and lenient with these idiots and should have slapped them with a much heavier penalty, and even been a bit creative with additional sanctions with a bit of sting in it.
29-year-old Matthew Mahwinney's mum was a lousy parent who raised entitled trash
I've often wondered, if we agree that drinking and driving should receive harsher punishments, why not drinking and talking?
fine is way way too small for what they did. "Being on some sought of medication" is so yesterday for an excuse. if they cannot hold their liquor they should not drink. Shows how they were raised and should be banned from traveling on BA.
@Jeffrey Chang
"Lifetime No Fly List.
They can leave their little island via cargo steamer." AS CREW ONLY!
These guys should have been arrested. No discussion. And I hope that whoever produces that show will kick them out. This is as bad as sex harassment. Why should verbal abuse which can lead to traumatic stress be so nicely treated. The fine is a joke.
why is it okay for Ben to call these people names like "Moron" ? would he like to be called names, they still deserve not to be called names, why are you all including Ben making judgement on them? calling them trash and morons, you are stooping down to their level.
@ john -- A definition of moron is "a person who is lacking in good judgment." I would say that pretty accurately describes these people.
I'm sure if they'd all been black and lower income, the outcome would have been exactly the same. Right?
I know several of the folks on the production crew for this series. These folks came on to the set ‘self entitled’ & caused many production delays. Their Last gig as far as everyone in the film & video industry is concerned. Although they did not get an air banishment, their future career in video & video is a total ban. Their action on the return is merely a coda.
Frankly, as a person who flies regularly who has has to witness several incidents, I must state flying in the air is a true privilege, Not a right. Geez..
JDE says:
May 2, 2021 at 4:15 am
These guys should have been arrested.
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They were arrested! That's how they ended up in court.
I think the crew should have received more, or at least the proceeds all the proceeds of the find should have gone to the crew.
You are an enabler of this kind of behaviour, regardless of how much you abhor it, because you help create these monsters by watching their ludicrous shows. We all share responsibility. I’ve watched that cretinous Housewives program, albeit 10 years ago, so I’m not absolved from blame either.
As for this trio: fines mean less than nothing, jail is the only punishment they’d understand , and is warranted. Six months, without remission.
Fines are too small and lenient. These morons need jail time and a flying ban.
This is truly disgusting behaviour, by anyone's judgement.
Wouldn't it have been better for the Captain to divert to the nearest (and hopefully inconveniently remote) US airport, where they would have been offloaded treated far more in keeping with their behaviour as the US are far more intolerant, and rightly so, towards air crew abuse.
that would also have give the remaining passengers the peace they deserved.