Not flight attendant.
On a flight from Angola to South Africa, an elderly man seated in front of me suddenly got up, put on his jacket and sixpence, pulled his carry-on from the overhead and proceeded to try to open the door to get off.
When he was told to leave the door alone, he lost it and had to be overpowered. That wasn't very hard, as he was a frail old man, but nobody could convince him that it's a really bad idea to open the door when you're at cruising altitude.
In almost twenty years of frequent international flying, this was the only incident of having to use physical force I witnessed.
Annoying drunk business men and clueless parents, however: probably every single flight.
On a flight from Angola to South Africa, an elderly man seated in front of me suddenly got up, put on his jacket and sixpence, pulled his carry-on from the overhead and proceeded to try to open the door to get off.
When he was told to leave the door alone, he lost it and had to be overpowered. That wasn't very hard, as he was a frail old man, but nobody could convince him that it's a really bad idea to open the door when you're at cruising altitude.
In almost twenty years of frequent international flying, this was the only incident of having to use physical force I witnessed.
Annoying drunk business men and clueless parents, however: probably every single flight.