Alec Baldwin apparently kicked off AA flight at LAX
Dec 6, 2011, 6:30 pm
#31
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Alec Baldwin did make this tweet a few months ago about a Starbucks experience:
http://twitter.com/#!/AlecBaldwin/st...77401468407808
I have had bad experiences, but I am not one publicly write someone's name. With the influential power a celebrity has, it can ruin an ordinary person's life.
Also, there are reports that he slammed the lavatory door on the airplane, which is why the captain ordered him off.
We'll soon find out what really happened.
http://twitter.com/#!/AlecBaldwin/st...77401468407808
I have had bad experiences, but I am not one publicly write someone's name. With the influential power a celebrity has, it can ruin an ordinary person's life.
Also, there are reports that he slammed the lavatory door on the airplane, which is why the captain ordered him off.
We'll soon find out what really happened.
Dec 6, 2011, 6:31 pm
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His anger management issues are well-documented, and they tend to involve the use of phones:
http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/22/alecs-...ening-message/
http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/22/alecs-...ening-message/
Dec 6, 2011, 6:32 pm
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There are plenty of threads that debate the reasons for the cell phone/device rule in every single forum here, so I chose to keep on topic.
Did anyone notice that in the TMZ video, Alec Baldwin was coming from the First Class Checkin and not the Flagship Checkin even though he was in F.
I wish I would have been sitting next to him on the flight he got kicked off of. Then I would likely have had an empty seat.
And who is enforcing the bag rule? Not AA today!
Did anyone notice that in the TMZ video, Alec Baldwin was coming from the First Class Checkin and not the Flagship Checkin even though he was in F.
I wish I would have been sitting next to him on the flight he got kicked off of. Then I would likely have had an empty seat.
And who is enforcing the bag rule? Not AA today!
Dec 6, 2011, 6:40 pm
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Enforcement of the electronic toy rule is very spotty. Most FA's do a good job but I see glaring exceptions from time to time.
Dec 6, 2011, 6:41 pm
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One of his tweets today allegedly said this about the AA FAs:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/06/showbi...html?hpt=hp_t2
Sounds like he admires the hard-working professional FAs who work at American.
One tweet took aim at the crew, saying he would never again fly on American Airlines, "where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants."
Sounds like he admires the hard-working professional FAs who work at American.
Dec 6, 2011, 6:45 pm
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Dec 6, 2011, 6:56 pm
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Ha! He should have gone all DYKWIA and started claiming that he was Juan Trippe.
Dec 6, 2011, 7:14 pm
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I'm just getting tired of the attitude from AA personnel. It's this and then that. I am on an Alaskan airlines flight right now and it's like a new world.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
Dec 6, 2011, 7:29 pm
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I'm just getting tired of the attitude from AA personnel. It's this and then that. I am on an Alaskan airlines flight right now and it's like a new world.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
Dec 6, 2011, 7:38 pm
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I'm just getting tired of the attitude from AA personnel. It's this and then that. I am on an Alaskan airlines flight right now and it's like a new world.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
AA needs to flush out the dead wood and get some people who care aout service.
Union protection is not a good thing all the time.
The FAA are also retards for having rules they way they are. I am an aerospace engineer and cell phones don't do squat, especially at the gate. This was an FA with an axe to grind. I hope Alec rails on AA for this one.
How many times should we ask that you do XYZ, until you are now non-compliant? There are many things that make no sense to you, our beloved customers, during air travel. When should the FA look the other way, without fear of reprimand from the Co or FAA?
Please do not paint all employees of any company with such a broad brush.
Dec 6, 2011, 7:56 pm
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How is that relevant? Does it excuse someone from following the rules? He probably mouthed off to the FA when she asked him to turn it off.
By that standard, the argument is that anyone who buys an expensive ticket should be exempt from an FAA regulation...I don't think so
By that standard, the argument is that anyone who buys an expensive ticket should be exempt from an FAA regulation...I don't think so
That never happens.
Dan
Dec 6, 2011, 8:03 pm
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Wow. This is the lead story on the NYC 10pm news.
