 Captain’s orders: “You don’t put your hands on my flight attendant.” 
 
 Michael Kerr went ballistic aboard an American Airlines flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 21, threatening and shoving a female flight attendant to the floor before the plane’s pilot grounded him. Just after accepting a proposal to marry his partner and downing three whiskeys, a slurring Kerr is seen disregarding the commands to all passengers by a flight attendant to remain buckled in their seats before deplaning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport at 10:21 a.m. 
 
 As the American Eagle Flight 5039 jet wheeled slowly toward Gate E3, according to the federal complaint filed in the Western District of North Carolina, a stumbling Kerr wobbled down the aisle and demanded VIP treatment to exit. With the aircraft’s doors still locked shut, Kerr was rebuffed and “threatened” the flight attendant “by saying that he would break [her] jaw,” the complaint claims. Kerr shoved the flight attendant, Colón said, “and that’s when the captain just jumped him.” 
 
 Colón said that it took about 15 to 20 minutes for the police to arrive. By clicking “Subscribe,” you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Subscribe Thank You! According to the document Kerr was “verbally abusive to the flight crew” and “cursed at them” because he refused to return to his seat. “She’s as angry as anyone would be, but she’s also very forgiving,” Love said. After the plane came to a complete stop, the captain came out of the cockpit and asked Kerr again to sit down, but he shoved the flight attendant and attempted to get out. He kicked one attendant in the leg and shoved another to the floor, the affidavit says. In the video, Kerr threatened to break the pilot’s jaw and pushed the flight attendant to the floor, prompting the pilot to take Kerr to the floor, saying: “You don’t put your hands on my flight attendant!” 
 
 Colón, who also is a flight attendant for Norwegian Airlines, said that he has never seen anything like this incident. “They had to hold him, solid, for like 15 minutes. While he was held down on the floor of the plane, Kerr loudly told the pilot, “Whatever you do is going on Facebook, and you’re a ... complete ... loser. You heard me right the first time.” 
 
 Kerr worked as a chef at a high-end eatery called Portofino and was about to tie the knot with his partner. He was released on $25,000 bond, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
– A Kentucky man who was dragged kicking, yelling, and spitting off an American Airlines flight last month after allegedly attacking crew members was banned by a US District Court judge Monday from flying on commercial flights as he awaits trial, the Charlotte Observer reports. A video shot July 21 by a fellow passenger shows a man IDed as Michael Kerr, 25, trying to disembark the plane that had landed in Charlotte, NC, from Lexington, arguing with the flight crew and eventually becoming physical, shoving a flight attendant to the ground, per the Lexington Herald-Leader. It's at that point that the pilot can be seen emerging from the cockpit and forcing a seemingly inebriated Kerr to the ground, exclaiming, "You don't put your hands on my flight attendant!" Kerr, who had just reportedly accepted a marriage proposal and downed three whiskey drinks during the morning flight, per the Daily Beast, was apparently impatient to get off the plane once it landed, ignoring instructions to remain seated. Per an FBI affidavit, he also warned a flight attendant he'd break her jaw and kicked an attendant in the leg before the pilot intervened and held him, with the assistance of the co-pilot and seat restraints, until the police arrived. "I felt like the flight attendant's life was in danger," the man who shot the video tells the Herald-Leader. Kerr was charged with being intoxicated and disruptive, assault on a female, communicating threats, and interfering with the duties of a flight crew or attendant; the flight attendant he pushed is now in physical therapy for back and neck pain. (A flight was once grounded because of a mob of irate passengers.)