I said NO SMOKING!

[Tarheel]

This story reminded me of a flight to Denver I took a few years back when a surly flight attendant saw me taking a swig of an adult beverage out of my hip flask and told me if she saw it again she'd have to take it away from me like I was some damn school kid.  Of course, what she didn't know was that Uncle Sani, GarMan, and I had been drinking copious amounts of brown whiskey before even getting onto that plane and ordering our mixed beverages at 0700!  Halfway into the flight she decided to "seal" the bar cart.  At least we didn't end up in jail for trying to smoke on the plane or being drunk and disorderly.  At any rate I thought that this was a somewhat amusing story ("Whyte, who is black,...") for several reasons and worth a laugh or two.

Her picture might be worth posting in the mugshots gallery of TigersX...see it and the story below...as usual all emphasis and sub-texts are my own:

FBI: Flight Diverted After NYC Woman Lights Up
Passenger Accused Of Punching Attendant In Face, Screaming Racial Epithets

DENVER (CBS) ― An unruly JetBlue passenger from Queens who lit up a cigarette mid-flight Tuesday forced the 145-passenger flight to be diverted after she became violent and uncooperative when asked to stop smoking, CBS 2 HD has learned.

Christina Szele, 35, was arrested and charged with assault and interfering with a flight crew, and remains locked up in Denver until a detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
 
Szele's brother told CBS 2 HD she is going through a tough time right now, having recently seen the end of a 10-year relationship.

"She does drink a lot. I think part of it is the breakup, and that's what she told me," Ladi Szele said. "She could use help.

"She was going to fly out a week ago, but she missed her flight. So they were going to put her on another flight. And they wouldn't let her board because they said she was too intoxicated."

According to an FBI affidavit, Szele, who resides in the Woodside section of Queens, boarded JetBlue Flight 643 from New York to San Francisco after having consumed two beers at home. She told investigators that once onboard the plane, she then consumed three drinks containing vodka.

"If she tells me three, she might have had five," Ladi Szele said. "But the police report says one, so I believe the airline is covering up."

Sometime after the third drink, flight attendants told authorities that Szele began smoking in her seat. One of the attendants, identified as Paul Whyte, approached Szele and took the cigarette out of her mouth, telling her she was endangering the other passengers.

Whyte, who is black, claimed that Szele began kicking and screaming and when he tried to restrain her with flex cuffs after she'd already broken through one pair, she punched in him in the face with a closed fist and called him a "dumb m----- f-----" and racial epithets.

Whyte said that Szele also told him "I'm going to get you" and threatened to kill him.

"She told me she kicked the flight attendant in the shin when he tried to come into the bathroom," Ladi Szele said.

Eventually, the captain decided to divert the flight to Denver, where Szele was apprehended by federal agents.

Inside a holding cell in Denver, however, Szele said she didn't remember smoking on the flight or hitting the flight attendant, and that if she did, she was likely drunk. She told authorities she wasn't a violent person, but often uses the "F" word.

The affidavit says Szele told investigators she thought she was being abused by the crew when they tried putting her in flex cuffs.

If convicted on all charges, Szele faces 20 years in prison and more than $250,000 in fines.

This isn't the first time Szele has been in trouble with the law. In 2007, she was arrested in Santa Barbara, Calif. on disorderly conduct charges

Here's the link:
http://wcbstv.com/local/jetblue.queens.smoking.2.752480.html

[ssgaufan]

Don't put her in the sexy mugshots, she's kinda scary looking.  She has a big ass horse head.

[Pell City Tiger]

She reminds me of this crack whore that used to dance at Sammy's in Birmingham.

If I were her, I'd be holding a few of those F-bombs in reserve. When Jet Blue hits her for the tab on the gas it took to put her wild ass on the ground during an unscheduled stop, she'll be popping them off like you wouldn't believe. Think auto gas is expensive....try jet fuel.

[Tarheel]

Don't put her in the sexy mugshots, she's kinda scary looking.  She has a big ass horse head.

True... "Hey lady!  Why the long face?!"

[GarMan]

Wow...  That looks very close to the woman who just offered me a 30 Euro BJ near the Banana Bar. 

 

[Snaggletiger]

Wow...  That looks very close to the woman who just offered me a 30 Euro BJ near the Banana Bar. 

 

How was it?

[Pell City Tiger]

Wow...  That looks very close to the woman who just offered me a 30 Euro BJ near the Banana Bar. 

 

Damn, given the exchange rate, that'd be a $50 blow job. Times are tough indeed.

[GarMan]

Damn, given the exchange rate, that'd be a $50 blow job. Times are tough indeed.

Yeah...  I have access to the latest statistics for a lot of these countries I'll be visiting.  We're talking about 12-18% unemployment, but actually, that's close to the norm for a Socialist country.  Of course, the poor US is bitching about 5.5% unemployment.  Just wait until Akbar "Curious" Obama gets elected.  It'll be Jimmy Carter in the 21st century...