A 21-year old woman is suing American Airlines for failing to protect
her from involuntarily and unknowingly joining the mile high club.
Apparently as the woman slept during her flight from LA to Dallas, she
got more than just beauty sleep. 20 minutes before the flight landed,
the
woman woke up to discover that a man had moved into the seat next to
her, was looking at her, and masturbating. The woman responded by
turning towards the window and nervously running her fingers through her
hair when, in a There's Something About Mary moment (no, not the franks and beans one), she realized she
had “a substantial amount of an
extremely sticky substance in her hair,”
-- and it wasn't an anti-frizz hair product. The woman then cried and
unsuccessfully attempted to get the attention of the flight
attendants. According to the law suit, "a passenger in the row in
front of the woman comforted her and verified the semen in her hair."
This sounds traumatic, and
nobody wants to blame the victim. But it seems like the American Airlines flight attendants acted appropriately-- once the plane landed, they
notified the
airport police and the man was arrested. And anyone who has ever needed
an
extra blanket knows how hard it is to get the attention of a flight
attendant. But we also know the old adage, "if at first you don't
succeed in getting the attention of a flight attendant to report being
masturbated on, dust yourself off and try again, even if that means
getting out of your seat while the fastened seat belt sign is on."
