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United First Class Passenger Gets Man Booted From Plane After He Pushed Her During Boarding

by Gary Leff on April 6, 2024

Apr 06 2024

A United Airlines Global Services member shares that their family got a passenger kicked off a flight after that man behaved badly towards their sister.

There’s a weird status game going on here that at least most of us avoid turning into physical aggression. And as a part of that game we engage in assumptions about the people around us, and about who they are and therefore what they’re entitled to – and those assumptions are wrong more than we’re programmed to realize.

Heroic Stranger On Southwest Airlines Steps Up, Thwarts Creepy Encounter On 10 Year Old’s Solo Flight

by Gary Leff on April 6, 2024

Apr 06 2024

A mother shared that her 10 year old son flew Southwest Airlines on Sunday as an unaccompanied minor. Her son sat in a window seat. A woman was in the aisle. And a creepy man chose to sit between them.

The woman objected and took the middle herself. The man sat down in the aisle, and tried to chat the boy up across her, even passing the kid his phone number.

Is This Allowed? Parents Share American Airlines First Class Seat While Kids Run To And From Coach

by Gary Leff on April 5, 2024

Apr 05 2024

A husband and wife were traveling with two kids. The husband is in first class, wife in coach with the kids. An hour and a half into the flight, the husband heads back to coach and tells his wife, “your turn.” They trade seats every hour, and their kids run back and forth between the cabins.

First Class Passenger Assaults American Airlines Flight Attendants, Loses It During Arrest

by Gary Leff on April 3, 2024

Apr 03 2024

A severely drunk 23 year old American Airlines first class passenger threatened flight attendants, assaulted them and threw her luggage at them on a flight to Dallas. Police responded to the gate on arrival at DFW airport. The passenger told officers that she was the one mistreated, though, and that American’s cabin crew were harsh with her.

Dramatic Arrest on Spirit Airlines: Passenger Makes Passionate Plea For Freedom Before Insulting Officers

by Gary Leff on April 2, 2024

Apr 02 2024

She’s about to be walked off of the aircraft. Another passenger observes she “just assaulted an officer.” She insists she didn’t scare anyone, that everyone was already scared because of “Congo and Palestine.” She gets quiet, and says to one of the officers, “I don’t want to go to jail, fatso.”

American Airlines Passenger On $2,000 Ticket Denied Boarding Over Skimpy Attire

by Gary Leff on April 2, 2024

Apr 02 2024

An American Airlines passenger says she purchased a $2,000 ticket but was denied boarding over the clothing she was wearing. Gate agents called police. She complains that she’s being refused boarding over a ‘dress code’ but the airline ‘refuses to show’ her the dress code.

American Airlines Makes Injured Passenger Gate-Check Bag: Your Wife Can’t Carry It!

by Gary Leff on March 23, 2024

Mar 23 2024

Your carry-on allowance is supposed to be two items per person, but there’s no requirement that each person carry their bags on themselves, under their own power.

American Airlines Passenger Gets Put In Headlock After Using Antisemitic Slur Against Flight Attendant

by Gary Leff on March 22, 2024

Mar 22 2024

Prior to departure of an American Airlines flight from Tampa to Philadelphia, a passenger gets into an altercation and calls a flight attendant a “kike” but I don’t think he knows what that means.

Boarding As A Child, Busted As An Adult: Delta Passenger’s Stowaway Plan Lands Him Behind Bars

by Gary Leff on March 20, 2024

Mar 20 2024

A Delta Air Lines passenger bound for Austin was arrested as a stowaway after being caught while the plane was taxiing out to takeoff from Salt Lake City International Airport.

Wicliff Yves Fleurizard was trying to get home from a snowboarding trip to Park City, Utah. On Saturday he tried using a Southwest Airlines buddy pass but flights were full. So he changed his approach for Sunday.

Passenger Decides To Storm Cockpit After Being Accused Of Stealing Phone

by Gary Leff on March 18, 2024

Mar 18 2024

An unruly passenger on a Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Bali turned around shortly after departure. Flight JQ43 left just before 11 am on Monday. The woman dubbed “the passenger from hell” started accusing another traveler of stealing her mobile phone. The accused allegedly attempted to force her way into the cockpit, shouting at fellow passengers, and physically pushing others aside as she moved through the cabin.