November 18th 2023.
Cayla Farris was brought before U.S. District Attorney Judge Susan Brnovich last week, pleading guilty to threatening flight attendants and passengers during an American Airlines flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to Honolulu, Hawaii in February 2021.
It all began when Farris refused to adhere to the face mask mandate at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a flight attendant issued an order for her to put on her face mask, she initially complied, but then removed it against the instructions.
This lead to a confrontation, during which Farris began to curse and threaten passengers and flight crew members. The situation was so severe that the crew was unable to complete their duties during the outburst.
Farris even crumpled up a written warning issued by the airline and continued to curse. The captain was eventually forced to turn the plane around and cancel the rest of the trip.
For her actions, Farris was sentenced to 3.6 months served in prison, as she had broken the conditions of her pre-trial release, and given an additional three years of supervised release. During her sentence, she is banned from flying on any commercial aircraft without explicit permission from her probation officer.
On top of this, she was ordered to pay American Airlines $38,952 in restitution. Although she faced a maximum 20-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine for her actions, Farris was fortunate to escape with a much lighter sentence.
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