Passengers

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Always Be Nice To Your Gate Agent, So Unpleasant Things Don’t Happen

by Gary Leff on July 16, 2022

Jul 16 2022

Being nice is in your best interest. I thought of this when I saw the story of a passenger who was trying to make a connecting flight after her inbound aircraft was delayed.

She says she ran to the gate with her baby. Apparently she was traveling with other family members, the flight was about to close and she got into an argument with the gate agent. When she took a photo of the agent’s name tag, the agent instructed her colleague to close the door early. Another passenger arrived, they opened the door back up for that passenger.

Woman Fined $1750 For Failing To Declare Half A Subway Sandwich At Customs

by Gary Leff on July 15, 2022

Jul 15 2022

A woman picked up a Subway sandwich in the Singapore airport before her flight to Perth, Australia. She only ate half of it – and for some reason brought the leftovers with her. Perhaps she wanted to find out first hand just how sick an unrefrigerated fast food sandwich will make you after a five hour flight.

She failed to declare the remains of her foot long at customs when she arrived back in Australia, and was fined ~ US$1750.

Passenger Shoves Carry On Bag Into The Sizer To Show It Fits, But Couldn’t Get The Bag Out

by Gary Leff on July 14, 2022

Jul 14 2022

If your bag fits in the sizer at the gate, you can take it on board, because its dimensions are within the rules your airline has set for carry ons. At least that is how it is supposed to work.

Passengers bring things that don’t fit all the time, and gate agents don’t enforce the rules until they do. But if challenged, the sizer is supposed to be a neutral arbiter. One passenger decided to take this to the extreme.

Southwest Airlines Called Cops After Passenger Sticks Up For Woman Being Kicked Off Over Revealing Top

by Gary Leff on July 13, 2022

Jul 13 2022

A woman in a red corset top says she was ‘dress coded’ by Southwest Airlines. And when another woman on the plane stuck up for her, the cops were called.

Southwest’s Lady In Red took to TikTok to ask about dress codes, “are we in high school?”

Creepy Trick To Get An Empty Seat Next To You When Flying Southwest

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2022

Jul 09 2022

So board as early as possible, get a seat with no one next to you, and the next time your flight isn’t full just be… creepy? And on Southwest that pays off in greater comfort.

Agents Warn ‘Southwest Karen’ You’re Not Flying Spirit!

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2022

Jul 09 2022

A woman waiting to check in with Southwest Airlines in Los Angeles tells another passenger, an African American man, that he’s entitled – while a Southwest employee asks her to move up in line. It seems like he’d asked her to move forward when there was plenty of room in front of her, she didn’t, and she got mad over having been asked – although exactly what transpired before the video was filmed isn’t clear.

This passenger, dubbed “LAX Karen,” yells and makes a fist at the agent who asked her to move up. That puts her on the verge of being “escorted out” of the check-in area. That’s when another agent jumps into the chat.

Spanish Government Prepared To Shoot Down Flight From London

by Gary Leff on July 5, 2022

Jul 05 2022

A teenager on board an easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Menorca, Spain posted “a fake bomb threat to social media.” The Spanish government set a fighter jet to intercept the aircraft making its 808 mile flight on Sunday.

While this could have ended badly – they wouldn’t have sent the jet outside of a precaution in case they’d decided they needed to shoot it down – the military aircraft ultimately “escorted the easyJet plane all the way to its island destination.”

Man Airdrops Photos Of His Private Parts On Southwest Plane, Gets Exposed

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

A Southwest Airlines passenger was accused of airdropping photos of his genetalia to other passengers on the plane.

AirDrop is a way for Apple devices to share photos. Other Apple users can choose to receive or not receive photos, or limit who can send them to you. But many leave the setting open, though I don’t know anyone that would accept files sent by someone they did not know.

A woman sitting across from him got an airdrop notification on her phone. She saw the man airdropping photos on his phone. She looked at the photo and asked if he meant to send it.

Passenger Shoves Girlfriend, Punches Airport Staff

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

Two passengers were arrested after a man shoved his girlfriend before attacking airport staff at the gate for an easyJet flight from Bristol to Alicante.

She was shouting and, apparently, in the way of her boyfriend’s rage – he punched one employee and hen knocked another staff member over.

Johnny Depp’s Lawyer Saves Passenger In American Airlines First Class

by Gary Leff on June 24, 2022

Jun 24 2022

Camille Vasquez, one of Johnny Depp’s lawyers, is being called “Wonder Woman” by flight crew after assisting during a medical emergency in first class on an American Airlines Los Angeles to New York JFK flight.