The Sunwing Party Plane Guy Has Challenged The Minister Of Transport To A Boxing Match
He wants to go toe to toe over recent fines. 😲🥊
James William Awad, the person who organized the infamous Sunwing party plane to Cancun, has just challenged Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra to a boxing match.
The stakes? If Alghabra wins, Awad promises to pay all the fines he owes related to the party plane and donate $1,000,000 to a charity of the minister's choice. And if Awad wins? Well, he wants Alghabra to pay for all of his fines.
According to a tweet by Alghabra, some of the Sunwing party plane influencers are facing a total of 24 fines so far — for disregarding mask rules and ignoring COVID-19 vaccination requirements for flights. However, more are allegedly on the way.
Awad, who sometimes goes by his stage name Senior, first entered the public eye after his company, 111 Private Club, organized a chartered plane that left from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico full of Quebec influencers.
Videos of passengers on the airplane vaping, flouting mask-rules, drinking alcohol and not social-distancing went viral online, putting a national and international spotlight on the plane, as well as on Awad.
In his tweet challenging the minister to a boxing match, Awad references a famous 2012 charity boxing match that happened between future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former Canadian Senator Patrick Brazeau.
"We can take example of our PM," said Awad.
This isn't the first time that he has spoken up since the party plane incident. He has called his critics "sheep" who need to "wake up!" and has demanded an apology from airlines, and even announced that he wants to run for president.
And, in the wake of the Sunwing party plane controversy, he also put out a job posting for a personal assistant that is required to bring him a bowl of fruit every morning and be available 24/7 with a salary of $1,000,000.
As of now, there's no news of Alghabra accepting Awad's challenge.