It never ceases to amaze me how people continue to act like idiots.  You would think that there are enough of them out there already as examples so that people would stop and think before they start down the path to stupidity.

Erin Callahan Lambert, 28, who apparently was intoxicated during Flight 179 on Sunday, was taken into custody after the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport, authorities said. She was charged Monday with assaulting a flight attendant and interfering with the performance of duties of flight crewmembers.

Just what did Erin do that got her into so much trouble?  Well, first of all, she got completely hammered on this flight.  There is some question as to whether she was a bit loony before the flight, if she was completely or partially drunk before she boareded the plane or if she really had that much to drink in three hours.

Halfway through the six-hour flight, she got out of her seat, walked to the back of the plane and decided that now was a good time to use her cellphone.  Two flight attendants tried to get her off the phone, which is illegal to use during flights.  She refused, stating that she was calling 911 because the plane was being hijacked.

Eventually, she returned to her seat but grabbed her luggage, including a dog carrier with her dog, and headed to the bathroom.  When she was told that she had to leave her belongings behind, she told the crew that they would have to kill her and her dog.  Then she locked herself in the bathroom.

A few moments later, Erin decided that she needed to exit the plane and briskly walked to the front of the cabin, proclaiming that she had to get off the aircraft.

Fight attendants and passengers stopped Erin, forced her into her seat, and was handcuffed by the purser.  Not to be deterred, she got out of the handcuff, forcing the crew to tie her with plastic zip-ties.

“During the entire assault, Ms. Lambert was yelling profanities, cursing and spitting on the flight attendants and other passengers,” Gilhooly wrote.

After all this, Erin refused to speak to the FBI and asked for an attorney.  I guess that, by the time the plane landed, she had sobered up enough to remember that she never should have had a drink to begin with.  She now faces federal charges for allegedly making statements about a hijacking, trying to open a cabin door and fighting with flight attendants.