Shane McInerney arrested due to bad behavior on flight to NYC

Gusser09

He should just say he doesnt remember.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thejournal.ie/corks-96fm-presenter-exposed-himself-on-flight-report-41946-Nov2010/%3famp=1

Atlantic Dawn

Hope he's not deported back here for 10 years plus.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I can’t fathom this attitude. I think he’s an absolute tool, but how on earth does he deserve a decade of his life in prison?

Charles Babbage

They need to clamp down on this. An aeroplane is a confined space, it intimidating for passengers because you cannot just cross the road to avoid someone acting the maggot,

Above all, they need a proper international no fly list, don't keep him at taxpayers expense in some prison, but do ban him from all flughts everywhere for 20 years. It is no good Delta banning him and Aer Lingus flying him. When they do deport him, it should be on a ship.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517030#Comment_118517030

Ask anyone who was on that plane how they felt. It's no place for being drunk and risks the lives of those onboard. That flight would have departed around 11am from Dublin, pure gobshite drinking on it. If he was on medication that makes him an even bigger fool.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I don’t disagree with any of your points tbh. But.. 10 years?!

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517081#Comment_118517081

It sets an example, makes the news.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

If he was your son or your brother, would you still feel that way?

AyeGer

There is an article in the daily mail about it now.. he’s made the big time.

Sounds more like a arrogant plonker than a scumbag though.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517107#Comment_118517107

Yes for the shame he would bring on the family. He brought this purely on himself, nobody else to blame.

Gusser09

The fact that this happened on a pressurised tin at 50 thousand feet means he should probably do a custodial sentence. You juat cant be acting like that on an aeroplane.

HildaOgdenx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118516731#Comment_118516731

Exactly. He is not sentenced yet. I believe air rage is taken very seriously in America. I doubt he will be sentenced to twenty years though.

'A court spokesman said that if convicted of this felony charge, McInerney could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.'

20 years is very unlikely, but US sentencing is usually totally disproportionate, so who knows!

Also, unless he has US citizenship, even if it’s a short sentence, he’ll almost certainly be deported and banned from entry for a long time.

Sundew

His GAA contacts should come in handy 😉

Sundew

HeidiHeidi

Have I got the wrong person, or was there an article in the weekend Irish Times supplement a few months ago about this fella and another who had been given a big chance in the States with NFL teams off the back of their GAA record?

Shocking waste of the opportunity if I've got the right one....

Strumms

I’ve never heard of the fella but it seems after a quick google he’s an individual who let’s just say has certain eccentricities and is a bit overly and overtly fond of himself….

he would be unlikely to avoid a custodial sentence I’d say… the way the article reads it was more then a one off few verbals and a bit of messing… it was consistent aggressive, intimidatory and at times violent behaviour.. booting seats that people were sitting in might be the problem….as well as the captain issue..I know it’s only grabbing a hat but still, shows his disrespect…

though I’d also say he’s probably with his Mammy and TD scribbling down a letter of apology as well as looking for a mental health professional to write a nice few excusing words…… you can see it….

bu bu bu bu, I was stressed, missing xx, scared of flying, lost my favourite socks….and I didn’t get a happy meal at the airport they only had Burger King… so it was a sad meal..and yes I got my cock out.

Montage of Feck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118516423#Comment_118516423

Didn't mean it like that, but the article linked by the OP was strangly very specific in naming the miscreant, like he was well known or something. Usually such stories just use the generic Irishman.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517456#Comment_118517456

I thought the article was very strangely written as well

Atlantic Dawn

In US movies the prisoners and the guards usually have a game of football against each other once a year, he has that to look forward to.

Princess Calla

Sky news have he allegedly put his fist to the captains face. Imagine sitting on a plane watching this unfold.

He threw a can that hit a passenger. Refused to sit down during landing, remaining standing in the aisle .... allegedly.

This isn't a club med 18-30 flight to Ibiza where you can expect a certain amount of shenanigans.

Imagine flying with your family/kids and watching a grown man drop his trousers to the cabin crew.

I've been on buses where stuff has kicked off and not been the better of the experience for days after, I can't imagine what it would be like on a plane.

While 20 years is alot for being a class A eejit. I'd say he frightened alot of passengers and an example will be made of him.

padd b1975

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517501#Comment_118517501

Might get to tar the roof of the plate factory if he knows the right people.

NickNickleby

He probably thought he was Nicholas Cage - ConAir, The Reboot(of the seat in front).

I'd say he'll get a hefty fine and effed out of the States. No Fly list as well, as someone else mentioned, for say 5 years.

Man Vs ManUre

My cat once got his head stuck in an empty tin of beans. He went bat-sh1t crazy for about 2mins before it came off. Sometimes being stuck in a confined space make u go crazy.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517650#Comment_118517650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517650#Comment_118517650

Well if flying has that effect on you, for the safety and comfort of the rest of the flying public and crew, maybe you'd be better off sailing to America 🙄

Not to mention the future of your own liberty by the looks of it!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517456#Comment_118517456

Yeah, fair point.

Lucky he is a white Irishman or he might have ended up in a CIA black site getting waterboarded for an attempted hijacking while attacking the captains hat.

maestroamado

I wonder what was he on as the amount of alcohol on a plane these times be limited... i expect he will just be sent home with a fine and not allowed enter US for considerable time... i wonder are these incidents noted on passport... He will carry this for a long time...

I suppose they should be grateful that he didn't try the traditional moon of sticking his arse out of a nearby window.

yerwanthere123

Previous article written about him here

https://www.buzz.ie/sport/shane-mcinerney-daring-dream-nfl-25619891

Looks like he's after throwing away a massive opportunity. Doubt he'll get anything remotely close to 20 years but I'd be surprised if he avoids jail.

No sympathy for him whatsoever. I'm a bit of a nervous flyer myself, as a lot of people would be, so can't imagine what it'd be like being stuck on a transatlantic flight with all this going on around me.