First-Time Flier Terrorizes Attendants With ‘Mile High Club’ Invitations, Feds Say

A first-time flier is facing federal charges after allegedly asking two flight attendants if they wanted to join the “mile high club,” yanking one of them into his seat, mid-air, before asking unnerving “questions related to entering the aircraft cockpit,” according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

James Finnister, 37, also “laid down on the floor of the aircraft in front of his seat after being moved for a third time by flight attendants due to his disruptive, intimidating behaviors,” the complaint states. “The flight attendants were forced to stop service and pick Finnister off the floor.”

Upon landing, Finnister told cops that he had downed “multiple alcoholic shots to calm his nerves prior to the flight, which he stated was his first,” according to the complaint. The explanation didn't help matters, and Finnister was arrested on one count of interference with flight crew members, which carries up to 20 years in prison.

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