FA /crew /pax wrong or right ?
Aug 20, 2019, 6:40 am
#76
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At first, I was wondering why the FA didn’t just summon a CRO to handle it. Then I read that she did, and the CRO sided with the family, but the FA just wouldn’t give up. Yikes.
Aug 20, 2019, 7:03 am
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Aug 20, 2019, 7:10 am
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Yes. Right after the thread was locked there was a NBC report that said the pilots and crew were now grounded pending an investigation. It seems that the airline knows something is amiss as you don't just ground a crew and pilots based on allegations.
Link to story: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ey-ve-n1043996
Edit: Thanks to the Mod for re-opening the thread so the new info could be posted.
Link to story: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ey-ve-n1043996
Edit: Thanks to the Mod for re-opening the thread so the new info could be posted.
And if you read the article the family was affected by the customs computer outage. Very likely they did have assigned seats together on their original flights, so all of the arguments above about BE, etc are moot.
Aug 20, 2019, 7:22 am
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I would assume an investigation by the company involved and possibly a police or legal investigation if needed/warranted?
Aug 20, 2019, 7:45 am
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Aug 20, 2019, 7:56 am
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One of the biggest problems our country has in addressing racism is that (usually white) people don't believe people of color when they report racism.
I mean, if the story is true, racism/unconscious bias seems to be one very plausible explanation for the apparently irrational behavior of the FA.
Aug 20, 2019, 8:32 am
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Aug 20, 2019, 8:45 am
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It's interesting that the pilot has also been suspended for siding with the FA. Maybe this will make pilots think twice before trying to kick customers off flights based on a report from a single FA without attempting to learn what has happened.
Aug 20, 2019, 8:58 am
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where did you learn that he was suspended for siding with the FA? It seems that if he had sided with the FA only the kid and his parent would have been offloaded and the flight would have left with the original crew.