Sean Falvey, 59, called arresting officers slurs as he was being taken to a police station after his outburst on an easyJet flight from Barcelona back to Manchester
Sean Falvey, 59, sank vodka on the way back to the UK (Image: Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)
A vodka-swigging easyJet passenger claimed he did not know a slur he called a bisexual cabin crew member was “offensive in this day and age.”
Sean Falvey, 59, guzzled down duty free spirits on the flight from Barcelona to Manchester before he was asked to fasten his seat belt. As the plane was descending, Falvey, from Chadderton in Oldham, said “people like you” when talking with the flight attendant.
He added: “Don’t be a p**f. We are getting home, we are going home.” Officers were called to meet the airplane when it touched down.
When questioned by officers, Falvey denied having been “inherently racist or homophobic.” as he was taken into custody, he called officers “gay boys” and said Stockport village in Cheadle, where the station was located was a “place where P***s live.”
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In a statement the cabin crew member said: “I take the comment as being homophobic. As a bisexual man I should never be subjected to this. I have never been subject to this kind of homophobic abuse on any flight since working with easyJet.
“This is the first time I have received this abuse. This kind of abuse directly aimed at myself is unwanted and uncalled for.”
Falvey, who claims Universal Credit and PIP, admitted at Tameside Magistrates Court that he had been drunk on an aircraft and used threatening behaviour. He was ordered to pay the easyJet staff member £100 in compensation, a £120 fine, and £133 in costs and surcharge.
The court earlier heard the incident happened on September 9 last year. Falvey had been flying home from Spain with his partner Emma Sockett, with prosecutors adding: “Police received a call from easyJet staff during a flight from Barcelona, requesting police assistance as there was a verbally aggressive passenger on board.
