Bad idea to get stroppy on a flight. Get a clue, Shane. Say hi to the FBI
https://www.thedailybeast.com/delta-passenger-shane-mcinerney-arrested-for-face-mask-meltdown-on-flight-from-dublin-to-jfk
Who?
What exactly is a 'football coach'?
Is it someone who goes....look know kick the ball this way...
I can think of better ways of getting my thrills than confined in a metal tube at 30,000 feet for hours with some drunken yob kicking off, having a go at crew and firing cans at other passengers. That doesn't make me a drama queen. It makes him a dangerous idiot, and I hope they deal with him accordingly.
Since when is it limited? I was in a long haul flight last October and again in December. Both times there were less than 30 people on the flight,myself and the Mrs basically had our own air hostess to bring drinks.She was laughing about it and said she'd keep them coming for the 14 hours and she duly did.
That shite does fly (pardon the pun) in the courts over there.If it was here nothing would happen, a good few incidents over the last few years,nobody went to jail.Thats off the top of my head and open to correction though.
I don't think he deserves 20 years in a US prison and that's not going to happen.I think he will see some jail time although he could be lucky and just a fine and deported.
Any career over there is finished and he'll also likely get a ban from the States.
Probably livened up a boring flight for some people. 😂
You'll always have that certain % of drama queens, who think they have ptsd because some drunk guy threw a wobbler.
Ignorance of the law is no defence.
Losing self-control is no defence.
Yes the potential punishments are very harsh, but fair warning of consequences is available for those that want to hear it.
In all likelihood he won't be imprisoned. It's of no value to the State or Federal Government to have to pay for his detention. He'll probably be deported, cuffed and under escort, back to Ireland and banned from applying to re-enter the US for many years, or perhaps forever.
Previous article written about him here
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.
I suppose they should be grateful that he didn't try the traditional moon of sticking his arse out of a nearby window.
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...
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.
Yeah, fair point.
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!
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.
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.
Might get to tar the roof of the plate factory if he knows the right people.
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.
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.
I thought the article was very strangely written as well
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.
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.
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....
His GAA contacts should come in handy 😉
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.
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.'
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.
Yes for the shame he would bring on the family. He brought this purely on himself, nobody else to blame.
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.
If he was your son or your brother, would you still feel that way?
It sets an example, makes the news.
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