Flight Time Follies

[Andara Bledin]

This was told by a contractor hired by my company to do our tax returns.

She had to fly in from her home on the other side of the country, and had a stop in Las Vegas. Her flight was delayed (aren't they all, right now?) and one group to load on at that airport included a noticeably drunk woman.

By the time they've done all of the pre-flight preparation and are taxi-ing, she's already been asking the flight attendant if the pilot was hot and other such qeustions. After being rebuffed, she grabs his shirt, yanks his face down to her level and says, "I want this!" Needless to say, that doesn't go over well. After being rebuffed she tells him, "You are not only an asshole, you are a fucking asshole."

Needless to say, this goes over even less well. They end up calling for security to come and escort her from the plane. While they're waiting on that, this woman actually takes a swing at the flight attendant!

So, not only is she removed from the plane, but she gets a shiny set of bracelets, too.

The rest of her party was kind of hemming and hawing about staying or going, and eventually decided that they should stay with her. So they also deplane, but with attitudes, like their friend wasn't being treated fairly or some such. As if their friend didn't deserve everything that happened to her due to her own actions.

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[Pagan]

I'm surprised that she was even let on the plane in the first place!

[mikoyan29]

This was told by a contractor hired by my company to do our tax returns.

She had to fly in from her home on the other side of the country, and had a stop in Las Vegas. Her flight was delayed (aren't they all, right now?) and one group to load on at that airport included a noticeably drunk woman.

By the time they've done all of the pre-flight preparation and are taxi-ing, she's already been asking the flight attendant if the pilot was hot and other such qeustions. After being rebuffed, she grabs his shirt, yanks his face down to her level and says, "I want this!" Needless to say, that doesn't go over well. After being rebuffed she tells him, "You are not only an asshole, you are a fucking asshole."

Needless to say, this goes over even less well. They end up calling for security to come and escort her from the plane. While they're waiting on that, this woman actually takes a swing at the flight attendant!

So, not only is she removed from the plane, but she gets a shiny set of bracelets, too.

The rest of her party was kind of hemming and hawing about staying or going, and eventually decided that they should stay with her. So they also deplane, but with attitudes, like their friend wasn't being treated fairly or some such. As if their friend didn't deserve everything that happened to her due to her own actions.

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I know this is a stupid question...but didn't these idiots watch the news recently? The airlines are a little jittery after someone decided to put something between him and his calvins.

[Soulstealer]

I know this is a stupid question...but didn't these idiots watch the news recently? The airlines are a little jittery after someone decided to put something between him and his calvins.

I doubt she's a terrorism suspect. They have laws to protect the crew and passengers from people like her. I believe hitting the flight attendant is assault.

[rageaholic]

That sounds like something from an episode of "airline". What a looney!!!!

[ditchdj]

Oh of course she's not being treated fairly!!!!!

There's NOTHING WRONG with getting completely shit-faced at the airport and downing a dozen 10-dollar margaritas and screwdrivers at the airport bar before your flight. And whoever made that rule that you can't take a swing at a flight attendant for telling you to shut up and sit down because other people don't find your drunken antics cute and adorable, and then get arrested over it......what an outrage!!!!

[EvilEmpryss]

Of course the group felt they were being treated unfairly: Alcohol has a nasty tendency to neutralize people's sense of accountability for their actions. Foul language and physical altercations are only two of the many things that drunks believe they should not be held accountable for (with continuing to drink, drunk driving, and having poorly considered sex rounding off the top five).

[Pagan]

I know this is a stupid question...but didn't these idiots watch the news recently? The airlines are a little jittery after someone decided to put something between him and his calvins.

Well, while we were waiting to go through security on at the Sunport on our way to the Gathering, there was some idiot that still hasn't gotten the memo on liquids.

Side note: For some reason, the TSA like to use ABQ Sunport as a testing ground for security devices. I've gotten the pleasure of going through the "puffer" (let me tell you, that gets your attention at 5am) and the full-body scanner. Both of them way better than the traditional methods.

[Dreamstalker]

I went through the puffer once (that was interesting, I discovered that day that apparently powered-on cell phones will register on the bomb-wipe gizmos O_o) and the body scanner recently. Not bad; certainly easier than the traditional metal detector as my jewelry doesn't set it off.

I regularly see people trying to carry full-size shampoo/body wash/etc bottles in carryons

[fireheart]

I went through the puffer once (that was interesting, I discovered that day that apparently powered-on cell phones will register on the bomb-wipe gizmos O_o)

A bit but the last two times my mum was on a returning flight from Queensland, she was pulled over for a random inspection with the bomb-wipe gizmo. The first time around, only mum's bag was searched, but not mine or my sister's (we both had the carryon travel bags you can buy with luggage) and the second time around, my dad was the same. We cracked up once on the plane