She’s very lucky he was stupid enough to do this before takeoff. Otherwise they would have been stuck with him for the entire flight.
Watch, s/he’ll be a hero of the left now. I’d have been kicked off the flight for kicking his ass if I’d been there. Aggressive sounding people in closed areas trigger me big league.
Was the perp lucky...or smart? Do the same laws/penalties apply whether the plane is on the tarmac or in the air?