Woman Ordered to Pay Nearly $39,000 to American Airlines for Interfering With Flight Crew

Published on November 18, 2023

PHOENIX—A Hawaiian woman has been ordered to pay nearly $39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year, according to authorities. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 29-year-old Cayla Farris was sentenced to more than three months of time served in connection with her actions plus three years of supervised probation. A U.S. District judge said Ms. Farris will have to obtain approval before boarding an aircraft while she’s on probation. According to authorities, Ms. Farris was on a Feb. 13, 2022, flight from Phoenix to Honolulu when she began using profanity and threatened the flight crew and other passengers....