"No, no, it’s a mistake. I’m asleep".

The alleged response of an Orthodox rabbi when a woman told him to stop groping her during a Delta flight from Tel Aviv to New York. The woman was giving evidence at a court hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday. The ravbbvi has been found guilty of sexual assault and faces up to six month in jail when sentenced.

"The Qantas flight attendant told Bieber that his behavior was a security risk and that he had been acting like a child and would therefore be treated like one."

Sky News reporting on an alleged confrontation between 17-year-old pop star Justin Bieber and a Qantas crew member after Bieber left his seat as his flight from Sydney to Melbourne taxied for take-off earlier this week.

"I just landed at LGA to find New Yorkers standing, silently, staring at every single TV screen. What a way to learn about Osama".

A tweet by an airline passenger arriving at New York’s busy La Guardia airport on Monday local time.

"I swear I’m not the worst bus driver in Auckland".

Fired driver Alan Slater, who reportedly had 10 crashes in less than 18 months, talking to the NZ Herald newspaper on Wednesday about a failed attempt to get his job back.

"You hear of drug dealers and bombers, terrorists who are putting paraphernalia in their rectums. Are rectal examinations in our future? I hope not. That’s the day I stop flying”.

Former Miss USA Susie Castillo, 31, talking on TV during the week about how she was allegedly sexually molested during a security body search at Dallas Ft Worth airport earlier in the year.

"Aviation continues to be under threat because it’s a sexy target".

Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association, talking to the Daily Mail about airport security.

"We have consumer feedback, emails, random surveys. But one of the most important elements of information is the crew, because they see things every day and they know what works and doesn’t, and what should be changed".

Virgin Australia ceo John Borghetti talking at Wednesday’s rebranding ceremony in Sydney about how the airline shapes it inflight product.

"They’re an amazing team, genuine and really not pretend."

Hilton Worldwide’s US-based global training manager Damon Moore talking about key staff at the new Hilton in Queenstown NZ, where he spent a few days this week. The hotel has a soft opening 19 May.