Seattle Woman Gets Probation For Assault On Flight Attendant On Phoenix-Bound Flight

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A 24-year-old Seattle woman, Aliyah Robyn Stalder, was sentenced last week to three years of probation for assaulting a flight attendant while on board an Alaska Airlines flight.

Stalder pleaded guilty on November 14, 2024, to Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding on an Aircraft.

According to the Department of Justice, on February 9, 2023, Stalder boarded a commercial flight from Seattle to Phoenix. During the flight, Stalder attempted to open multiple cabin doors and ultimately had to be restrained by members of the flight crew and other passengers. During the struggle to restrain Stalder, she assaulted one of the flight attendants.

During her term of probation, Stalder will not be permitted to travel by commercial aircraft without prior approval and must pay a $5,000 civil penalty imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Stalder was also ordered to pay over $8,000 in restitution for her actions.

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  1. When you climb into a commercial airliner for a flight to wherever, you leave many of your “rights” at the cabin door and can’t get them back till you, hopefully in peace, go back out that door. I’m not opposed to this idea. Order is a good idea when you are in a metal tube hurtling along at hundreds of miles per hour somewhere around 30,000 feet above land (or sea). It just seems that most people are unaware of the loss of those “rights” when their behavior comes into conflict with in-flight rules & regulations. For Aliyah Stalder her lack of knowledge appears to have cost her $13,000 in fines and restitution plus 3 years of probation. Something for all airline passengers to contemplate.

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