Originally Posted by
knope2001
1069 Flint-Milwaukee delayed about an hour this afternoon...because...the seatback safety cards were out of compliance.
Plane was boarded and there were "paperwork" delays. Ultimately they came through the cabin and collected the safety cards from the seat back pockets, and replaced them with (what appeared to be) freshly printed paper safety cards for all. They pulled a number of connecting passengers off to rebook them (maybe 10?). Definitely not a delay I've heard of before!
I had the same delay on a Delta flight out of Atlanta earlier this year. Ours was about two hours. While one would think everyone would go ballistic as such an asinine reason, we were all so gobsmacked no one said even a word in disbelief