An IndiGo passenger lost it on the tarmac after an all-day delay, and wound up slapping the pilot. Video from inside the cabin shows a man in a yellow hoodie sprinting up the aisle, and after he valulted a galley cart, he slapped the co-pilot who was updating passengers on the status of their delay.
What I’m most impressed with here is the pilot. Video of the incident starts after things had already gone sideways, and the pilot had to step in. He didn’t leave it to cabin crew, making a removal decision but staying in the cockpit. He came out and handled the situation.
It’s hard to imagine anyone that won’t find this to be incredible for a year.
A Spirit Airlines passenger delivered a racist rant that ironically started off, “We Don’t Teach Hate In Our House…” Video is going viral in social media.
The best flyers prefer aisle seats, and airlines even value the business more of those who do. Aisle seats are just better than window seats, and we don’t even need to talk about the dreaded middle.
If you’re in the aisle seat you don’t get those window seat views, but those are better in theory than practice outside of the first and final minutes of a flight. And you do have to get up to let other passengers into the aisle if they need to use the restroom. So there are tradeoffs, but they’re minor compared to the 6 reasons that aisle seats are best.
Marcus Anderson of the Sax Pack is a two time Grammy-nominated jazz artist. And he was delayed on Alaska Airlines… with his instrument. So he and his compatriots busted out and gave a concert for the rest of the passengers stuck in the cabin.
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Last week Spanish social media influencer Mery Caldass uploaded a video from an airport, crying as she shared that her travel plans to Puerto Rico had fallen apart: “I asked ChatGPT if I needed a visa, and it told me no.”
It’s sad the depths to which American’s Flagship First Class product has fallen. They are eliminating the product, but the truth is going the other direction wouldn’t have been hard.
You need to be very careful Googling airline phone numbers because scam travel agencies have corrupted the results. But even knowing this, here’s a truly strange case.
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