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On the surface, and perhaps it’s due to a hangover from the so-called glory days of old, being a flight attendant may appear glamorous.

Meanwhile, you’re thousands of feet in the air and some weirdo wants you to pour champagne directly into his mouth or marry their child.

Heightened flight restrictions and security measures due to COVID-19 have also resulted in violence against flight attendants.

This Wednesday, a passenger who punched a flight attendant in the back of the head during an American Airlines flight from Mexico to Los Angeles was taken into custody after the plane landed.

More from CBS News:

The carrier said in a statement that the incident happened on Flight 377 from San José del Cabo to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The FBI, which is handling the investigation since the alleged assault happened in-flight, said 33-year-old Alexander Tung Cuu Le, of Westminster, California, was detained on suspicion of interfering with a flight crew, a federal offense.

That’s right, the FBI is now involved because when you mess with somebody in the air it’s a federal issue.

The coward was caught on camera dishing out the punch:

Violence in the air: a friend was travelling from Cabo to LAX, when a passenger hit a flight attendant for not letting use him the first class bathroom. He was later restrained by other passengers and arrested upon touchdown. The video shot was by Barrie Livingstone pic.twitter.com/PntVqWyWs9

— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) September 22, 2022

What’s so special about the first-class bathroom? I have only ever flown cattle-class but it can’t be worth all this fuss.

Even after he was restrained, Cuu Le continuously unbuckled his seatbelt and was eventually restrained with seatbelt extenders.

American Airlines has banned the passenger from all its future flights.

[source:cbs]