RIM executives fired after incident on flight to Beijing
Posted Dec 6, 2011 05:32:44 AM.
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Two executives with Research In Motion have lost their jobs for their rowdy behaviour on an Air Canada flight.
The airline says the men were drunk and causing so much trouble during a flight from Toronto to China that the plane had to land in Vancouver so they could be removed.
RIM says it expects employees to act with integrity and respect at all times.
As a result of the incident, 45-year-old George Campbell of Conestogo and 38-year-old Paul Wilson of Kitchener have been ordered to pay restitution of $71,757 after pleading guilty to mischief.
They were also given suspended sentences and probation for a year.
Another passenger aboard the plane says Campbell and Wilson were fighting with the flight attendants and it took the entire crew to subdue the men, who were eventually handcuffed to seats on the plane.
The passenger accused Air Canada of being irresponsible, claiming the airline staff either allowed drunk passengers on the plane or over served them once they were aboard.
After the jet diverted to Vancouver, the other passengers were put up in hotels overnight and the flight resumed the next day, 18 hours behind schedule.
