Was anyone on today's BA 268 flight from LAX to LHR?
Feb 28, 2012, 5:53 am
#31
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London, UK
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Reason #5 why you would probably prefer my toddler to be in F rather than an obnoxious adult
(although to be fair the amusement factor here is probably higher)
(although to be fair the amusement factor here is probably higher)
Feb 28, 2012, 6:31 am
#32
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 752
I witnessed the whole Naomi Campbell episode on that LHR-LAX flight a few years ago (which ended in her removal from the aircraft before departure from T5), and it was quite shocking.
This kind of event really does put the often-repeated (on FT) anxiety around children in the front cabins in perspective. Even if a child starts to melt down, parents almost always try to intervene. It takes the captain--or the law--to intervene in the case of an adult having a meltdown.
Feb 28, 2012, 6:32 am
#33
Join Date: Dec 2009
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it's not on for the huddled masses in economy either! But I suspect this kind of behavior is witnessed more often up front than down the back.
I witnessed the whole Naomi Campbell episode on that LHR-LAX flight a few years ago (which ended in her removal from the aircraft before departure from T5), and it was quite shocking.
This kind of event really does put the often-repeated (on FT) anxiety around children in the front cabins in perspective. Even if a child starts to melt down, parents almost always try to intervene. It takes the captain--or the law--to intervene in the case of an adult having a meltdown.
I witnessed the whole Naomi Campbell episode on that LHR-LAX flight a few years ago (which ended in her removal from the aircraft before departure from T5), and it was quite shocking.
This kind of event really does put the often-repeated (on FT) anxiety around children in the front cabins in perspective. Even if a child starts to melt down, parents almost always try to intervene. It takes the captain--or the law--to intervene in the case of an adult having a meltdown.
Feb 28, 2012, 10:34 am
#34
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I was on that flight and yes, all thc says is real! Others were laughing at her behaviour and a nice lady in 1A offered to change seats "if there is anything we can do to shut her mouth".... I'm glad the flight attendant didn't accept this offer. Also if had she been removed from the flight, the whole flight would have been delayed if checked luggage should have had to be removed from the hold.
I checked myself in about 6 hours before the flight and at least 1K was still available at that time...
After the flight I went to T3 BA first class lounge, and guess who was there... talking in a loud and occasionaly aggresive voice (voice like Nanny had in that TV show).... All she said over the phone about the flight was "it was long... you know how they are"... she did not mention anyhing about the "misery", but she was already firing someone over the phone if they wouldn't do as she wanted....
How dreadful can one get.
I checked myself in about 6 hours before the flight and at least 1K was still available at that time...
After the flight I went to T3 BA first class lounge, and guess who was there... talking in a loud and occasionaly aggresive voice (voice like Nanny had in that TV show).... All she said over the phone about the flight was "it was long... you know how they are"... she did not mention anyhing about the "misery", but she was already firing someone over the phone if they wouldn't do as she wanted....
How dreadful can one get.
Feb 28, 2012, 2:39 pm
#35
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I was on that flight and yes, all thc says is real!
After the flight I went to T3 BA first class lounge, and guess who was there... talking in a loud and occasionaly aggresive voice (voice like Nanny had in that TV show).... All she said over the phone about the flight was "it was long... you know how they are"... she did not mention anyhing about the "misery", but she was already firing someone over the phone if they wouldn't do as she wanted....
How dreadful can one get.
After the flight I went to T3 BA first class lounge, and guess who was there... talking in a loud and occasionaly aggresive voice (voice like Nanny had in that TV show).... All she said over the phone about the flight was "it was long... you know how they are"... she did not mention anyhing about the "misery", but she was already firing someone over the phone if they wouldn't do as she wanted....
How dreadful can one get.
I wonder if "Carmen", her travel agent, got fired.
Also, she must have screamed 50 times to the flight attendents, Carmen and to anyone else who would listen that she is a "businesswoman" and has to work for "12 hours", after her "long flight." Yes, traveling in First Class can make life so hard.
