Air rage drunk subdued on U.S flight by off-duty cop

If the guy hadn’t issued that funny line “... are you Bruce Willis?” this event would not have made ICentral’s pages. But it is a serious matter. A Very Serious Matter – because it shows up once again how some drug-affected people are affected by imaginative events displayed in movies, violent computer games and all that is potrayed to be lived upon. There are some (many thousands of?) people who live in the world produced by imaginative entertainment-subject producers and even in the world produced by say, hair and clothes stylists, who think this the way to live. The frightening part is that they may (and do sometimes) play out their fantasies in a real way with horrific consequences for humanity at large. Image is everything, so “they” say – reality is what “they” know nothing of. Dangerous stuff, eh?

Continental Airline employees should not have let him board the plane in the first place. I guess it is the old story of pass the buck and let someone else handle him. He endangered the lives of all the people on board and should have served jail time.

I was laughing, reading WoundedKnee's post. Not because I'm mocking him/her, but because I know the feeling, perfectly. "Fussy Kid", as he/she's known, has been following me around for most of my life, showing up on flights, in supermarkets, you name it. The kid seemingly doesn't age, never really goes away, and exists only to make your life all the more complete, wherever you are. And the PARENTS (or parent, singular)...geeeez! Pushing him all nonchanantly through the store and utterly ignoring him whilst he screams at the top of his lungs, making the biggest horse's a$$ out of them possible.

Trying to open a door during a flight is like threatning to shoot someone in the head. You know how many younger kids would be "curious".

I have no sympathy for this guy. However, in general, drunks on a flight (and there are very few of them any more--not even me) annoy me less than people who let their small children run up & down the aisle, or scream for the six or seven hours needed to get to Europe. I recently took a flight from Savannah GA to Ireland. On the flight from Savannah to Newark there was a child behind me who cried and shouted continuously. When I got off at Newark I said to myself "At least that little creep won't be on my next flight". But he was!! And he screamed for six and a half hours from Newark to Dublin. I felt like punching his mother (no father to be found).

Continental should be reprimanded for allowing the genius to board the plane. Congrats to Officer Spence for subduing Steeson.

Wake up Continental! You don't let a drunk get on a flight in the first place. Ya might want to get some tips from United who prevented a drunken Jonathan Rhys Meyers from boarding. If Steenson had been able to open that door, he would've been a murderer of many innocent people. He should've had some jail time to think about that.

I don't believe a suspended sentence is adequate in this instance. He should have been locked up for at least 12 months as his behaviour could have had really serious consequences. Can you imagine the discomfort of having to share a flight with this selfish lout? Most people don’t like to fly at the best of times. I’d say alcoholism is the least of his problems.

Tried to open a door in flight? This guy should be sitting in jail reading a AAA book.