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#303945 22-Mar-2023 12:39

guy swaps seats with someone, won't go back to is assigned seat, gets tasered and arrested in Perth

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/131566633/i-felt-like-an-animal-father-humiliated-after-being-tasered-and-dragged-from-jetstar-flight-in-australia

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#3053264 22-Mar-2023 13:04

You should not swap seats till the plane is in the air and over 10,000ft very good reason for this!

You take your seat number as shown on your boarding pass!

The guy should of moved as instructed by the airline staff

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#3053265 22-Mar-2023 13:08

One wonders if he was a few shades lighter if the treatment from staff would have been the same. That is really shocking happening in front of his family. No pun intended.

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#3053266 22-Mar-2023 13:10

Why do people have to bring skin colour into it!

He was directed to move back to his allocated seat

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#3053269 22-Mar-2023 13:16

This is not rocket science! If you do not know why you should sit in your allocated seat during take off and landing then watch plane crash investigation

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#3053271 22-Mar-2023 13:21

Was not sitting in his assigned seat at takeoff, did not move when asked by flight attendants, got tasered.

If he wanted to move, he could've done so after the flight had taken off which is generally permitted by airlines. Instead he decides to be a stubborn ass and all that has done is brought shame to himself and his family as well as charges being laid. Sounds like the onsequences of his own actions catching up with him.

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#3053272 22-Mar-2023 13:22

Times may have changed. I often asked the steward if I could change to an empty row or different seat and was told to wait until the doors closed before doing so.

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#3053273 22-Mar-2023 13:22

Maybe if someone had taken the trouble to politely explain the reason to this passenger, he would have politely complied. Some people don't like being ordered around, especially if they have bad experience with that in their history.

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#3053274 22-Mar-2023 13:24

Only 1 person to blame here

1) They failed to take allocated seat
2) They failed to follow crew instructions

They got the zap for more than one reason

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#3053276 22-Mar-2023 13:26

Eva888: Times may have changed. I often asked the steward if I could change to an empty row or different seat and was told to wait until the doors closed before doing so.

@Eva888 No they would say wait for the plane to take off and seat belt sign to go out or they have to issue you with a new boarding pass

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#3053277 22-Mar-2023 13:28

Rikkitic:
Maybe if someone had taken the trouble to politely explain the reason to this passenger, he would have politely complied. Some people don't like being ordered around, especially if they have bad experience with that in their history.

FFS anyone with 2 brain cells would know you have to follow crews instructions

This is not an excuse

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#3053278 22-Mar-2023 13:32

Linux:

FFS anyone with 2 brain cells would know you have to follow crews instructions

This is not an excuse

I didn't say it was. I said you can choose to ease someone into compliance by persuading them gently, or you can come in all macho with guns blazing and overwhelm them with superior force. I guess some cops still get off on that. At least they didn't restrict his breathing.

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#3053286 22-Mar-2023 13:42

Linux: Only 1 person to blame here

1) They failed to take allocated seat
2) They failed to follow crew instructions

They got the zap for more than one reason

3) Failed to move when the AFP turned up, who said "if you don't come with us we will remove you"....

People seem to forget that Planes are not public spaces, you aren't free to disagree with a legal request from airline staff.

Planes are highly regulated private property and the staff can tell you to do pretty much what thy want....

and if the plane is on the ground the police have pretty wide powers under aviation security rules.....

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#3053288 22-Mar-2023 13:43

Rikkitic:

I said you can choose to ease someone into compliance by persuading them gently, or you can come in all macho with guns blazing and overwhelm them with superior force. I guess some cops still get off on that. At least they didn't restrict his breathing.

OZ cops don't subscribe to "policing by consent"

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#3053289 22-Mar-2023 13:47

Maybe the idiot passenger will listen next time!

They got what they deserved maybe a bit of jail time on top might clean his ears out

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#3053290 22-Mar-2023 13:49

Unless you were right there, it is hard to know how this really played out. Maybe he was an ass, but there are also reported witness accounts from passengers that he was not being aggressive at all whereas the airline claims he was.

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