News and notes from around the interweb:
- Halle Barry’s husband hit an airport employee with an empty child’s car seat at LAX’s Tom Bradley International terminal yesterday. TMZ has video. It doesn’t look like much harm was done to me, but the employee went to the hospital. (HT: Alan H.)
- At the Freddie Awards last year in Seattle, the told the crowd that I’d had a rough flight getting in, I understand how passengers can hate the airlines since American just made me pay for my emotional baggage. Ryanair, though, fell for the joke on twitter. (HT: Alan H.)
- The Delta employee accused of smuggling guns at Atlanta airport was already a convicted felon. (HT: Reid F.)
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- The United Express checked baggage operation at Denver is a mess. Everything old is new again.
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So what really happened with Ryanair: One person tweeted a joke. Then ONE employee at the airline misses the joke and replies. Everyone laughs because the whole of Ryanair fell for the joke. Hilarious.