Passengers Gone Wild V

In the latest report on passenger foibles in the sky we have Exhibit A for why flying is a bad time to go off your meds or poor timing for a bender.

On a recent Southwest (Clothing Is Not Optional!) flight a passenger, three hundred pounds of burly man meat decided to expose himself to his female seat mate. She screamed, entirely understandably and he replied by punching her, not quite so understandably unless of course one assumes that this is the result of one too many cocktails in the lounge before boarding. Or again, going off the meds.

At this point our candidate for Southwest Passenger of the Month decided to go all the way and disrobe completely which he then proceeded to reveal to the rest of the airplane by running, or rather more probably, lumbering up and down the aisle. And then he lay down in the aisle, undoubtedly exhausted by all the exertion. Several passengers were eventually able to wrestle the man back into a seat where he was covered by a convenient plastic sheet. Which raises the question as to whether or not Sheets, Plastic, Naked Passengers Coverage, For Use Of, are standard equipment on Southwest flights?

At this point I think it behooves us to honor the brave and not too squeamish passengers who wrestled the man mountain into submission. Sure some people may have to face down a terrorist with a bomb or a gun, but wrestling with three hundred pounds of naked, sweaty perv is really above and beyond. Hats off!