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.
Now boarding group 9. Come on, get your baggage.
When asked on social media, the flight attendant who shared this video online explained that the pigeons weren’t offered Barclays credit card applications during their trip because “they were foreign.”
Other American Airlines flight attendants quickly piled on. One crewmember says the pigeons tried to hop a ride to Punta Cana last week. Another says that they tried this same trick on a Montego Bay flight over the weekend. Last summer two birds made a home inside the American Airlines Admirals Club between the B and C concourses in Philadelphia.
Ultimately the two pigeons weren’t allowed to remain on the aircraft because American Airlines only allows one carrion.
Release the hounds!!!!!
Don’t know why they went with AA. They already have lifetime frequent flyer status.
Hello gary can you please don’t contribute to the destruction of the the English language. The word deplaning is something that, due to our poor usage of English in the USA, became common. Not used in any other English speaking country. The correct work is disembark.
First the pigeons, next the kettles.
I wonder if these are the same bird from the B/C Admirals Club and finally made it to their gate. . . LOL
@Fernsie
Sticks and stones. Glass houses.
“gary”
“can you please don’t contribute”
“Not used in any other English speaking country.”
@Gary
No matter what you write about, some arsehole is going to bitch about it. Ignore them. Keep writing. No one is forcing them to come into your house and be a guest.
Fernsie, get a life. As the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary would agree, the English language is constantly changing. It took the editors decades to discover those words that existed at the time the OED project was founded. Existing words take on new meaning. New words — such as radar and laser and Internet — are created. Gary is in the process of adding to the language.
If you really need a cause to champion, teach proper English to the spellcheck team at Microsoft.
In the end, I’m not certain the pigeons care about the spelling.
My current English language beef is the seemingly growing inability of people to distinguish between singular and plural in a company name. e.g. American Airlines are instead of is.
@Airfarer – “American Airlines” is singular, despite ending in “S”. Hence, “American Airlines is a company” versus “American Airlines and Delta are companies” but “American airlines are not as good as Asian ones” would be correct.
@ C_M. Thats what I said. AA is singular and therefore is applies.
Deplane. Detrain. Get over it
One carrion (wince).
I know them. They are the Pigeon Sisters from the Odd Couple
@ Fernsie
Gary was using Pidgin English…
(Ol pisin i save plai long balus)