Woman left on Air Canada aircraft after arrival
Jun 25, 2019, 10:38 am
#106
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i think a more apt comparison would be... "i fell asleep on the subway, the train went out of service. I woke up hours later on the Sunday in a dark subway storage yard/building which is a secure area requiring a security card to exit"
Clearly AC messed up but the victim must be a heavy sleeper!
Clearly AC messed up but the victim must be a heavy sleeper!
Jun 25, 2019, 8:08 pm
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I imagine there are memos from AC security claiming that the woman disrupted the flight, intentionally damaged the plane, stood in the aisle, gave out snacks inappropriately, and should be banned. I expect there's substantial liability to all of that. She owes them a lot of money!
Jun 25, 2019, 10:19 pm
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Quite so. Did AC have a contractual obligation to wake her up? Or was she supposed to leave upon arrival? Easy to claim it's as much her fault as theirs and that there was no real harm anyway.
Jun 26, 2019, 10:12 am
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I hate this day in age...........what happened to just take some responsibility and ownership? A mistake happened regardless of who's fault it was and nobody got hurt.
I can understand if someone is harmed etc., because of the actions of someone else etc., but geesh where does it end.
I showed up at a store the other day and they were not opened. Apparently they didn't update their website - guess I should sue so they cover my fuel and hardship it caused me to mess up my plans for that day!
.....and seriously, is she really a "victim" here?
I can understand if someone is harmed etc., because of the actions of someone else etc., but geesh where does it end.
I showed up at a store the other day and they were not opened. Apparently they didn't update their website - guess I should sue so they cover my fuel and hardship it caused me to mess up my plans for that day!
.....and seriously, is she really a "victim" here?
Jun 26, 2019, 11:25 am
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The part i have the most doubt in and where she is embellishing the most is the "complete darkness"
I saw this comment somewhere else on another fourm:
Even if they moved her plane to the remotest part of an airport, it is still an active area with more that enough noises, sounds and lights
The window shades 1) are not even remotely able to block out all lights, they don't seal 100% so they will always emit some light thru nooks and crannies and then 2) that would mean EVERY single window shade was down. So either AC made an announcement prior to landing that all passengers must lower all the window shades, which I have never had to being on the last flight of the night (and I took 3 in the past week on Delta) or a FA or cleaning crew did walk the plane and lowered them all, in which she would have been discovered in her seat.
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Jun 26, 2019, 4:21 pm
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In her own Facebook post she says "as someone with and anxiety disorder..." While like many here, my first instinct is to 
, I have never walked a mile in the shoes of somebody who has an anxiety disorder, so I would not be inclined to jump to conclusions about their feelings or actions.
, I have never walked a mile in the shoes of somebody who has an anxiety disorder, so I would not be inclined to jump to conclusions about their feelings or actions.I think Air Canada left her on the plane, and that sucks. I think her reaction is playing to get advantage.
Jun 26, 2019, 4:45 pm
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Just like seat selection you will need to pay extra for wake up service and a notice to get off the plane.
And if if anyone has an health issue and can’t get up to get off the plane it is your own fault anyway.
This is all true until you have the problem.
Reminds me of deflate gate. Passengers with other issues with AC are told it is their own fault. But if it happens to me, well that is different now.
And if if anyone has an health issue and can’t get up to get off the plane it is your own fault anyway.
This is all true until you have the problem.
Reminds me of deflate gate. Passengers with other issues with AC are told it is their own fault. But if it happens to me, well that is different now.