Reverse air rage on Russia flight

[Rose Siding]

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Drunken passengers often give air crews trouble, but Russia's leading airline on Tuesday reported an "unprecedented" reversal: A passenger was assaulted by intoxicated flight attendants.

Two crew members on a domestic Aeroflot flight beat up a passenger who had complained that the flight attendants were drunk, airline spokeswoman Irina Dannenberg said.

The passenger, identified only as A. Chernopup, was aboard a recent flight from Moscow to the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk, Dannenberg said. She said the crew belonged to another airline, Aviaenergo.

Seeing that the crew were intoxicated and were not fulfilling their duties, Chernopup asked to be served by a sober and competent flight attendant, Dannenberg said. He was then beaten up by crew members.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/21/reverse.air.rage.ap/index.html

[Drifter]

1. Well at least they where not assaulted ...

by the drunken pilots.

Cheers
Drifter

[donsu]

2. alcoholism is tearing Russia apart

nt

[HereSince1628]

4. During my 2002 summer in Russia I learned to only ask women

for any assistance.

The small town on the White Sea that served as the biological expeditions "resupply-base" had extreme unemployment. Males between the age of 16 and 50 were fairly uncommon, apparently most of them left seeking work in larger towns to the south.

By noon many of the remaining men were exploring the medicinal benefits of self administered vodka. As a consequence, shopping and postal services depended upon women who not only did a good job but who who also seemed to have avoided the alcohol problems of the men.

It made me wonder what "machismo" allele was hiding on the y chromosome that left the unemployed guys feeling so desperate.

[SoCalDem]

3. "He was then beaten up by crew members."

They never heard of "Fly the Friendly Skies".. did they??