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A baby panda being sent from China to Japan was spotted in a passenger seat, instead of flying cargo. Seated beside its caregiver, it’s actually wearing a seat belt and diaper and is munching bamboo leaves as an inflight snack.
An American Airlines passenger “waited in the bathroom so he could get off first.” When the flight arrived at Dallas – Fort Worth, the man got up and came forward, entering the lavatory as though he ‘had to go’. And he waited there, rather than returning to his seat, so that he’d be the first passenger off of the aircraft.
A Southwest passenger complained on social media about four young girls and their parents pre-boarding their flight despite “not need[ing] assistance or extra time” and Southwest responded that “many disabilities aren’t visible” so they are “unable to question preboarding requests.”
We regret any frustration, Stephanie. As many disabilities aren't visible, we're unable to question preboarding requests. -Brytani
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) May 14, 2024
Here are the ‘disabled’ passengers in question that the airline was responding to.
A Delta Air Lines first class passenger can’t decide to watch on the carrier’s seat back entertainment system, so they keep flipping through the channeles. With. Their Feet.
Sitting in the first class bulkhead, they have one bare foot propped up against the bulkhead wall, and the other foot moves between the wall and swiping left with their toes.
A passenger flying United Airlines from San Francisco to Newark watched a woman in coach use what they say is fake military status to get free food.
A first class passenger was passed out in his seat, with his legs propped up againts the cabin wall beside him. He wasn’t wearing shoes, and his feet were right above the head of the woman seated in the window seat directly in front of him. She and her seatmate spring into action – with toe nail polish. The man doesn’t wake up.
Shortly after takeoff customers began verbally sparring, and the fight happened on landing in Boston.
Two men exchanging punches in the aisle, with a bold flight attendant intervening to separate them using her arms as shields. The scuffle continued with the men falling onto seats and resuming their fight.
A United Airlines passenger wonders what to do when the man sitting next to them has his arm resting on theirs. The aisle seat passenger doesn’t fit inside the confines of their own seat, and he extends into their middle seat. He takes up two armrests, even though the one between him and the middle seat passenger is already taken.
A United Airlines passenger had a flight attendant kicked them out of their seat because another passenger had taken it, and the crewmember felt that woman deserved it more than they did.
When they arrived at their seat, in the second row from the back of the aircraft, they found a woman and two kids seated in the row. They offered, “I have the window seat, does your ticket say you also have my seat?”
The man called a crewmember “a waiter.” The business class passenger, who says he’s a “Guyanese activist,” said that he couldn’t lift heavy objects because of a recent surgery. He asked a flight attendant “help him store his bag in the overhead compartment” but was rebuffed.
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