The airline experience has become miserable

[Barry.Randolphe]

a vax mandate to fly will put a stop to ~90% of these occurrences

[China]

A Delta passenger punched an officer after being denied boarding because staff said he was too drunk, police say

 

A Delta Air Lines passenger assaulted a police officer after he was stopped from boarding a flight to from LA to New York, according to police.

 

The passenger, who has not been named, was stopped from boarding at LAX, TMZ first reported.

 

He wasn't allowed to board because Delta staff felt he was "too intoxicated to fly," airport official Rob Pedregon told Fox News.

 

A Delta spokesperson told Fox that police were called to escort the passenger out of the terminal after he became verbally abusive at the departure gate. Delta did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

 

After officers arrived, Pedregon told the media outlet, the passenger had a "moment of rage" and assaulted an officer by punching him in the chest.

 

Footage of the incident published by TMZ shows an officer tackling him to the ground. While pinned, he can be heard saying: "You ruined my whole ****ing day, bro, now I have to travel a whole other day... it ****ing sucks, dude."

 

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[EmirOfShmo]

The 10 Worst Airline Passengers in America

 

1 OF 10

The JetBlue Passenger Fined $45,000

A JetBlue passenger was penalized a whopping $45,000 for throwing objects at other passengers, refusing to stay seated, lying on the floor, and putting his head up a flight attendant’s skirt. The offender was flying from New York to Orlando and was placed in flexi-cuffs while the flight made an emergency landing in Richmond. Now he’ll be asked to cough up as much as a student’s college tuition fee for his awful behavior.

 

https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/the-10-worst-airline-passengers-in-america

[Ball Security]

The previous two stories, we’ve all been there, right?

[Cooked Crack]

Quote

Chase was placed under arrest and transported to jail. Airport spokesman Rob Himler said this marked the first mask-related arrest at the Melbourne airport since the start of the pandemic.

 

In August, Chase said he was terminated from his job at Northrop Grumman because he would not wear a mask — he said they make him feel claustrophobic.

 

[China]

Three women charged in attack of Delta security officer

Three women were charged on Thursday in connection to allegedly beating a Delta Air Lines security officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn announced.

 

The women — Jordan Nixon, 21, Janessa Torres, 21 and Johara Zavala, 44 — were charged and arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking a Delta security officer on a jetway at JFK after all three were denied boarding given their “apparent intoxication,” prosecutors said.

 

Prosecutors allege that the three women were supposed to board a Delta flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and their reservations were changed for later that afternoon. They say that the three women ordered a total of around nine alcoholic beverages in the time they were required to wait for their flight, pointing to receipts from the airport’s restaurants and bars and surveillance footage.

 

“A member of the Flight crew and the Captain exited the airplane and observed the three defendants; they determined that all three defendants should be denied boarding because they were acting belligerent, one of the defendants was refusing to wear her mask properly, and Zavala was visibly disoriented and possibly intoxicated,” prosecutors allege.

 

Aircraft crew denied boarding the three women, giving them a chance to rebook their flight, at which point prosecutors say that Nixon took the security officer's radio and hit them with it repeatedly. 

 

A gate agent was allegedly punched in the face by Zavala after trying to assist the security officer, who later fell to the ground only to be beaten by all three women as the gate agent tried to secure more help.

 

A hospital treated both the gate agent and security officer for their injuries, prosecutors say.

 

Peter Guadagnino, representing Nixon, said that his client denied any wrongdoing.

 

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[GoCommiesGo]

A friend mine from Frederick, many years ago did a race (5k or 10k) early in the morning on a Saturday. He was flying to Green Bay to see a game with some of our friend later that day. His wife dropped him off like five hours before his flight. He killed fiver hours at an airport bar. The rest of our buddies got there and told him to try to not act like he was totally blitzed, he was, and he couldn't. The gate agent denied him entry, everyone else got on the plane. 

 

He slept in the airport until he sobered up enough to buy a ticket to Milwaukee for the early the next day. Got to Milwaukee and paid a taxi driver to drive him to the gate of Lambo. He only missed the first quarter and convinced a security guard to put his luggage in a storage room.

[Corcaigh]

On 1/6/2022 at 12:00 PM, Ball Security said:

The previous two stories, we’ve all been there, right?

“and putting his head up a flight attendant’s skirt.”

 

I’m old enough to remember when cabin crew were always attractive young women in heels and relatively short skirts.

[China]

FAA numbers confirm it -- 2021 was terrible for bad behavior in the skies

 

Assaults on crew members. Public intoxication. Verbal abuse.

Last year was the worst on record for unruly airplane passenger behavior in the United States, according to Federal Aviation Administration data.

A whopping 5,981 reports of unruly passengers were logged by the FAA as of December 31. Of those, 4,290 -- nearly 72% -- were mask-related incidents.

Thursday marks one year since the FAA announced a "zero tolerance" policy for unruly passenger behavior that skips warnings or counseling and goes directly to penalties, which can include heavy fines and jail time.

The policy, spurred by incidents tied to masks and violence at the US Capitol, was originally set to expire at the end of March 2021. It was extended at least until the federal mask mandate is lifted.

The unruly passenger incident rate has dropped approximately 50% since record highs in early 2021, the FAA notes on the page where it tracks incidents, "but there remains more work to do."

A lot more work, according to flight attendant and union leader Sara Nelson.

Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, is painfully aware of what airline crewmembers continue to face.

In addition to the "extremely violent" and most "outrageous and egregious" cases that have made headlines during the pandemic, there has been a steady stream of aggression.

"We also have a lot of incidents that are happening more regularly that are violent maybe not directly toward someone, but in actions and words: punching backs of seats, spitting, throwing trash at people, yelling obscenities, using racial, gender and homophobic slurs," Nelson told CNN Travel.

 

From 1995 to 2020, an average of 182 investigations were initiated per year. In 2021, the FAA initiated 1,081 investigations -- a 494% increase over the historic average of investigations.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[China]

AT&T, Verizon delay rollout of 5G near airports as airlines warn of 'incalculable' damage to economy

 

AT&T and Verizon will hold off on rolling out 5G within 2 miles of airports when the rest of their 5G networks go live Wednesday – a move lauded by the White House.

 

"As the nation’s leading wireless provider, we have voluntarily decided to limit our 5G network around airports," Verizon said Tuesday. "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and our nation’s airlines have not been able to fully resolve navigating 5G around airports, despite it being safe and fully operational in more than 40 other countries."

 

AT&T expressed similar frustration.

 

"At our sole discretion, we have voluntarily agreed to temporarily defer turning on a limited number of towers around certain airport runways as we continue to work with the aviation industry and the FAA to provide further information about our 5G deployment, since they have not utilized the two years they’ve had to responsibly plan for this deployment," an AT&T spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY. "We are launching our advanced 5G services everywhere else as planned with the temporary exception of this limited number of towers.”

 

President Joe Biden thanked the wireless carriers for their decision a day after CEOs of the nation's largest airlines and shipping carriers asked federal authorities for "immediate intervention" to block AT&T and Verizon from launching part of the highly anticipated network within 2 miles of airports.

 

"This agreement will avoid potentially devastating disruptions to passenger travel, cargo operations, and our economic recovery, while allowing more than 90% of wireless tower deployment to occur as scheduled," Biden said in a statement. "This agreement protects flight safety and allows aviation operations to continue without significant disruption and will bring more high-speed internet options to millions of Americans."

 

At issue is 5G's C-Band, on which wireless carriers invested billions of dollars last year. Rollout is slated to begin for the rest of the nation Wednesday, but industry group Airlines for America warned the frequency could interfere with devices that measure airplane altitude and impact safety near airports.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[China]

Irishman faces 20 years in jail after exposing himself on flight to New York

 

An Irishman who refused to wear a Covid mask during a flight from Dublin to New York and exposed his rear end to a flight attendant faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of assault, the US justice department said on Friday.

 

Shane McInerney, 29, from Galway, was alleged to have caused the disturbance on a Delta Airlines flight on 7 January.

 

He appeared before a judge in New York a week later and was charged with “intentionally assaulting and intimidating a member of a flight crew”, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Friday.

 

It said the suspect repeatedly refused to wear a mask, threw a beverage can and hit a passenger in the head, and “pulled down his pants and underwear and mooned a flight attendant and passengers”.

 

A court spokesman said that if convicted of this felony charge, McInerney could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

 

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[China]

On 12/29/2021 at 9:10 AM, The Evil Genius said:

There really needs to be permanent no fly list and jail time for every occurrence. 

 

Delta proposes national 'no-fly' list for combative passengers

 

Delta Air Lines is urging the Biden administration to create a national  “no-fly” list for combative passengers as airlines grapple with unruly guests who defy COVID-19 protocols and harass flight crews.

 

Delta CEO Ed Bastian wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in which he called on the Justice Department to set up a national “no-fly list” for unruly passengers, noting that close to 2,000 of their previous passengers had already been placed on the airline’s own list, according to a letter obtained by The Hill and first reported by Reuters.

 

Bastian also noted that they were seeking civil penalties for over 900 of those on their no-fly list, submitting their names to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

 

The Delta CEO said that creating a national no-fly list for unruly passengers would "help prevent future incidents and serve as a strong symbol of the consequences of not complying with crew member instructions on commercial aircraft,” according to Reuters, noting that a similar one exists associated with their terrorism watch list.

 

The move comes as airlines have grappled with a surge of unruly passengers, including those fighting COVID-19 protocols or harassing flight crews or other passengers. 

 

Click on the link for the full article

[China]

A woman with a severe nut allergy says she was kicked off an American Airlines flight after crew members told her they are required to serve nuts

 

A 26-year-old woman from England said she was booted from an American Airlines flight because the airline would not accommodate her nut allergy. 

 

In a series of tweets, Sophie Draper — who has a severe nut allergy that puts her at risk for life-threatening anaphylaxis — said she first mentioned her health condition at the gate when boarding a flight from London to New York in December 2021. 

 

According to Draper, the head of cabin crew informed her they were "contractually obliged to serve hot mixed nuts in first and business class." Draper had purchased a seat in economy. However, due to the severity of her allergy, she explained that sitting in economy would not protect her from the risk of inhaling an airborne allergen.

 

"He knows how to use your EpiPen, right?" a crew member said in response, according to Draper's tweet.

 

That's when Draper and her boyfriend were removed from the flight, Draper said. 

 

"I broke down in tears," Draper tweeted. "I felt totally discriminated against for a health condition I have no control over."

 

Draper's boyfriend filed a complaint against the airline over a month ago, she tweeted, but has not yet seen any action. 

 

Click on the link for the full article

[China]

Ted Cruz stands up to defend bad airline passengers and keep them on your next flight

 

A quick review of some of the behavior seen on airlines over the last two years. There was …

• The passenger who bit off one passenger’s ear off after beating another passenger.
• The passenger who peed in his seat as a protest against being asked to wear a mask.
• The passenger who knocked out a flight attendant’s teeth, then got on the next flight.
• The passenger who threatened to kill a flight attendant and track down her family.
• The passenger who followed a flight attendant to the galley and beat her brutally.
• The passenger who refused to sit and started throwing luggage at other passengers.
• The passenger who refused to wear a mask because he was busy snorting cocaine.
• The passenger who tried to break into the ****pit, then tried to open one of the emergency doors until he was taken down by other passengers and a coffee-pot wielding attendant.

The most terrible thing may be that these are just a few of the 5,981 reports logged by the Federal Aviation Administration in the last year. Out of these, a horrific 4,290 incidents were passengers who turned to violence or other disruptive behavior that delayed, diverted, or turned around a flight for one reason: refusing to wear a mask.

 

There’s something else that all these ear-biting, incontinent, violent assholes have in common: The support of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and at least seven other Republican senators. Those senators are opposing placing those who have violently disrupted airline flights on a no-fly list, because they claim such a list would draw an equivalence between terrorists and those who react with violence to being asked to wear a mask for the safety of others. And on that point, the Republicans are exactly right; that equivalence isn’t just there, it’s well deserved.

 

As The Washington Post reports, the eight Republicans dispatched a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland. In that letter, Republicans claim they “strongly condemn” violence toward airline workers, but they don’t want the good names of people who are biting, punching, and peeing their way through American skies to be damaged. Or their ability to do it again to be threatened.

 

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[China]

Man attempted to open plane door during flight to share his COVID views, charges say

 

A man on a flight from Salt Lake City to Portland faces a federal charge accusing him of trying to open an emergency exit during the flight, all so he could apparently share his views on COVID-19 vaccines.

 

Michael Brandon Demarre, 32, was charged on Saturday in Oregon's federal court with interfering with a flight crew.

 

On Feb. 11, Demarre was on Delta Flight 1580 when witnesses say he "removed the plastic covering of the emergency exit handle and pulled on the handle with his full body weight," according to charging documents.

 

A flight attendant told Demarre to stop touching the handle and he complied. Demarre was then taken to the back of the plane "where he was seated and physically restrained," the charges state. Four passengers were asked to keep an eye on Demarre.

 

"There were no reports that Demarre appeared to be intoxicated or under the influence of drugs," according to the charges.

 

When the plane landed in Portland, police took Demarre into custody. Charging documents state that he admitted to grabbing the handle on the emergency exit "so other passengers would video him, thereby giving him the opportunity to share his thoughts on COVID-19 vaccines."

 

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[China]

You know if this crap keeps happening they will ban alcohol sales in airports and on planes.

 

Drunk man shocked, tackled after attacking woman, children at Orlando International Airport, police say

 

A man was shocked with a Taser and handcuffed during a wild scene at an Orlando International Airport gate, police said.

 

According to the arrest affidavit, officers were called Thursday to United Airlines gate 46 for a report of a man who had just hit a woman and United gate agent.

 

Cellphone video of the incident posted to YouTube, shows a man — identified as Ryan Martin, 34, from Yonkers, New York by police — at gate 46 yelling obscenities and threatening people.

 

“I was just terrified, it happened so quickly,” said Jessica Smith, the woman who caught the incident on her cellphone camera.

 

“Are you (expletive) serious,” Martin can be heard saying in the video while inside the gangway prior to police arriving.

 

A loud banging noise can be heard before an airline employee shouts, “Sir, come out.”

 

When the man eventually walks into camera view, he shouts, “Nobody touch me,” before adding, “I’m gonna put on a mother(expletive) show.”

 

It’s not clear from the video what sparked the scene, but the man can be heard yelling, “I had a couple drinks before a (expletive) flight.”

 

Click on the link for the full article and video

[Rocky21]

👆Damn dude.  Learn to handle your liquor.  
 

He faces charges of child abuse, disorderly intoxication, domestic violence, battery and resisting an officer with violence.

[China]

Suspected drunk JetBlue pilot removed from ****pit

 

A JetBlue pilot was removed from the ****pit of a plane in Buffalo, New York on suspicion he was intoxicated, authorities said.

 

The pilot has been identified as 52-year-old James Clifton of Orlando, Florida.

 

According to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), Clifton was passing through security Wednesday when a TSA officer noticed the pilot may be impaired.

 

NFTA police were notified and Clifton was removed from the ****pit. The pilot was reportedly given a breathalyzer test and registered a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.17. According to the FAA, pilots should not be flying with a BAC over .04.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[michiskin]

33 minutes ago, China said:

Suspected drunk JetBlue pilot removed from ****pit

 

A JetBlue pilot was removed from the ****pit of a plane in Buffalo, New York on suspicion he was intoxicated, authorities said.

 

The pilot has been identified as 52-year-old James Clifton of Orlando, Florida.

 

According to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), Clifton was passing through security Wednesday when a TSA officer noticed the pilot may be impaired.

 

NFTA police were notified and Clifton was removed from the ****pit. The pilot was reportedly given a breathalyzer test and registered a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.17. According to the FAA, pilots should not be flying with a BAC over .04.

 

Click on the link for the full article

 

Not sure about you, but I strongly prefer my pilot to have BACs of 0.0.

[Captain Wiggles]

3 minutes ago, michiskin said:

 

Not sure about you, but I strongly prefer my pilot to have BACs of 0.0.

 

[redskinss]

14 hours ago, michiskin said:

 

Not sure about you, but I strongly prefer my pilot to have BACs of 0.0.

But were the keys in the ignition?

[China]

Oh good, we can look forward to more drunken shenanigans on planes:

 

American Airlines Will Resume Alcohol Sales on Flights Starting April 18

 

American Airlines said Thursday it will resume sales of alcoholic beverages on domestic and short-haul international flights next month, a plan it delayed almost a year ago because of a surge in unruly passengers and attacks on crew members.

 

Airlines stopped selling alcohol and paused food sales and service in March 2020, when the pandemic started and travel demand plunged. Carriers have been steadily bringing back many of those services over the past year as travelers returned in droves.

 

American is the last major U.S. carrier to bring back sales of beer, wine and spirits, which it will sell in its domestic coach cabins starting April 18, the date the current federal mask mandate expires. It isn't clear whether the Biden administration will extend or end the requirement. Southwest Airlines restarted alcohol sales last month.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[Rocky21]

I mean this from the bottom of my heart…

 

**** you American Airlines!

[Cooked Crack]

 

[Cooked Crack]