An eight-year-old boy and his father have been congratulated by Jet2 for their “kindness and care” after they helped to calm down a disruptive passenger on a flight to Manchester . James and his eight-year-old son Phoenix were returning from a holiday in Izmir, Turkey , when a female passenger started “screaming, shouting and swearing” on 24 April. The father told BBC Radio Manchester that the unruly passenger was “almost trying to smack the stewardesses” during the aircraft's drink service. As a Jet2 staff member went to call for a flight diversion, James requested that the woman be moved next to him and his son. Phoenix then “bounced into action”, showing his football cards, singing Dance Monkey and asking about her family. Eventually, James noticed that “the tone in her voice was coming down” as they continued the final three-and-a-half hours of the journey. Flight staff had been authorised to divert the plane due to the woman's behaviour before James intervened.…