When air-hostesses turn bad

Usually they’re the ones enforcing the rules, like 'please turn off your iPod'. But when flight attendants misbehave, they do it with alcohol and cocaine — at least, that’s what these two stand accused of.

Ever wanted to kick back on a long flight with a stiff drink - and then felt judged by the flight attendant when you asked for an extra teeny tiny bottle?

We thought that was just them being worried we'd get drunk and shout at the in-flight entertainment, but it turns out at least one woman had an excuse to behave like she was hoarding the booze ... she was.

American Rachel Trevor, a 27-year-old cabin-crew member with Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, has been indicted after allegedly stealing over 1,500 mini-bottles of hard tack from the flights she was working - and then selling them online.

Trevor allegedly snuck the little bottles of gin, rum, vodka and whiskey into her bag and then posted them for sale on Craigslist for $1 a piece. In-flight, the little bottles sell for $8 a pop.

She was arrested when an undercover agent bought some of her wares online. The charges she faces include theft, unlawful sale of alcohol and unauthorised transportation of alcohol.

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Meanwhile, a flight attendant who was caught trying to smuggle cocaine into Los Angeles International Airport will stay in jail until her trial - because the judge fears she is a flight risk.

Marsha Gay Reynolds, a 32-year-old flight attendant with the US low-cost airline JetBlue, made headlines earlier this year after she was selected for a random search at LAX.

Instead of complying, however, the former beauty queen - she was a runner-up in the Miss Jamaica pageant in 2008 - was said to have kicked off her heels (Gucci, mind you) and run down an "up" escalator to escape. In the process, she abandoned her carry-on bags - which just so happened to be stuffed with 30kg of cocaine.

According to the Associated Press, the airport's security agents did not pursue her as they were more worried about the contents of the bag - particularly that they might be explosive.

A sniffer dog arrived to save the day and Reynolds turned herself in at a New York airport a few days later.

JetBlue has said she was not working in her capacity as a flight attendant on that flight, though she was carrying her "known crew member" badge.

She was initially granted $500,000 bail, but this was later revoked by another judge, who said she had abused her position.