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Woman Turned Away From American Airlines First Class Lavatory Claims Discrimination

by Gary Leff on July 27, 2022

Jul 27 2022

After flying between Dallas – Fort Worth and Detroit, a woman took to twitter to share her experience trying to use the first class lavatory as a passenger sitting at the front of the coach cabin. She’s not a frequent flyer, asked a flight attendant where the restroom was, and she says she was told to use the restroom in front.

However when she got there she felt scolded and was sent back to use the coach lavatory. And while she’s black, she reports that white passengers were allowed to use that lavatory without a scolding.

Congressman Under Fire After Using Campaign Cash For Wife’s Travel, ‘Flight Upgrades’

by Gary Leff on July 23, 2022

Jul 23 2022

Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN) has been spending thousand of dollars of campaign cash on ‘upgrades’ and flights for his wife, according to FEC filings. He’s coming under criticism for doing so, since campaign funds can’t be used for personal expenses. However I suspect that the freshman congressman, who is locked in a toss-up race for re-election, is getting a bad rap.

United Passenger Whips Out Full Size iMac In Coach, Works Entire Flight Like A Boss

by Gary Leff on July 22, 2022

Jul 22 2022

Last week a man on board a United Airlines flight sat in his coach seat and pulled out a full-sized iMac to work. A standard United coach seat has just 30 inches of pitch – the distance from seat back to seat back – making this impossible most of the time.

Two Men ‘Bully And Assault’ Woman Trying To Deplane Quickly

by Gary Leff on July 20, 2022

Jul 20 2022

When a flight is delayed, and finally arrives at its destination, crew may announce that passengers without a connection should remain seated to let those with a connecting flight get off first, to give them a running chance of making their connection. Almost no one complies, ever.

Passengers in a hurry trying to get off as quickly as possible, ahead of passengers in rows in front of them, can be a source of conflict too. Here’s a woman trying to get by other passengers as they deplane – and the other passengers are having none of it. I’d bet the woman looking to get off wasn’t as polite in asking as she might of been, but they appear to be acting like real jerks.

American Tourists Slam Irish Woman Online After Stealing Her Seat On A Train

by Gary Leff on July 19, 2022

Jul 19 2022

A 43 year old woman writes that she was traveling with her husband and six children from Dublin to Kikenny. The American family on holiday boarded their train and found seats together.

A mid-20s Irish woman then boarded, was “very polite” and let tthem know that their 9 year old daughter was “sitting in her assigned seat.”

Two Pigeons Forced To Deplane American Airlines Flight In Phiadelphia

by Gary Leff on July 19, 2022

Jul 19 2022

There’s apparently a pigeon nest on the jet bridge at Philadelphia’s American Airlines gate A11. Cabin crew say they reported it “a month ago” but nothing was done.

Video shows a couple of pigeons making their way down the aisle of an American Airlines Airbus A321 as flight attendants encouraged them to deplane.

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?”