Charlotte Douglas International Airport is so crowded these days that it is very easy to bump into folks. But blocking folks… especially when you’ve had too much to drink…is never going to end well.
Man Reacts Strongly To Drunk Passenger At American Airlines Boarding Gate At Charlotte Airport…
Feel free to review the videos below, which contain strong language (F bombs) and are not safe for work. From what I can gather, the man in the pink shirt was inebriated and mouthing off with another passenger at a boarding gate for an American Airlines flight. The man in pink pushed the bigger man away, who responded by placing him in a headlock and quickly bringing him to the floor.
An American Airlines employee tried to pull them apart and eventually succeeded. Mr. Pink Shirt angrily demands to press charges–with slurred speech–against the man who took him down. But his friend, or perhaps just a Good Samaritan in the gate area, tries to calm him down and advises him that a lawsuit is not necessary and to just let the guy go.
As an aside, two wrongs don’t make a right and while Mr. Pink Shirt may have been put in his place, it doesn’t mean he’s wrong about the assault.
Another AA employee approaches him, who he curses about, and the second video ends as he is still agitated.
I just flew through CLT Airport earlier this month and I know it’s depressing…so depressing the airport now allows you to carry alcohol through the terminal.
But perhaps this incident reveals (once again) that drinking is not a great way to pass the time, even in a third-world airport like Charlotte.
Arrests and lawsuits are not always the solution to our problems…I don’t condone violence, but perhaps that body slam is all Mr. Pink Shirt needed to wake him up. Then again, it seems he remained quite belligerent.