A Jetstar passenger watched the safety demonstration, pulled the handle to inflate his own life vest, and sat there with it ballooning around his neck. There’s video, and it ends with him surrounded by police. He made it to his destination, and law enforcement met the aircraft in Adelaide. He’s now banned from flying Jetstar and Qantas.

The video was shared by with the caption , “Apparently your not supposed to copy them!”

The man is identified as Hugh Lovett , traveling from Sydney to Adelaide on Friday evening, October 16. His brother Blake is beside him with the safety card. The passenger described himself as copying the crew, and says he thought it would be funny.

The Man Was Still Allowed To Fly

Much of the commentary on the video is people explaining how police took him off the aircraft, and that he couldn’t fly because his seat no longer had a life jacket. Anothre claim is that passengers missed connections, but Jetstar doesn’t do a ton of connecting business.…