Asking For Orange Juice On American Airlines May Violate Federal Law
Dec 22, 2009, 6:46 am
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Right, and it is no secret to Helen's co-workers and AA management. Yet Helen continues with her antics because they cannot or will not do something about it.
So the question remains -- what happens the next time Helen flies off the handle and accuses a passenger of interfering with or attacking her, but no witnesses are willing to come forth to defend the passenger? It is her word against his, and the consequences could be ugly for the "juiced up" passenger.
So the question remains -- what happens the next time Helen flies off the handle and accuses a passenger of interfering with or attacking her, but no witnesses are willing to come forth to defend the passenger? It is her word against his, and the consequences could be ugly for the "juiced up" passenger.
Dec 26, 2009, 4:28 pm
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Hi everyone!
I've been following this thread initially when the news broke.
I was wondering if someone could bring me upto speed on what has happened since.
Has AA hauled up that air hostess for her behavior? Has anyone issued an apology?
Has any legal action been taken against the airline or the hostess?
Regards
I've been following this thread initially when the news broke.
I was wondering if someone could bring me upto speed on what has happened since.
Has AA hauled up that air hostess for her behavior? Has anyone issued an apology?
Has any legal action been taken against the airline or the hostess?
Regards
Dec 26, 2009, 7:50 pm
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If she does get canned, which is what should happen if the OP's account is even close to true, it will be years down the road after she has enjoyed an equal amount of time either working or getting paid not to work.
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Its about time that serious consequences be dealt out to employees that abuse the system. I don't see the laws changing anytime soon, and one could make an argument that there needs to be significant penalties for people who really do misbehave (ie assaulting a crew member) given the limited options while in the air but the unintended consequences of these laws has been to give some people serious power trips. IMO employees that file false complaints or frivolously report passengers to the feds should be locked up and fined heavily in addition to being canned, the penalties for them should be no less if not greater than what a member of the flying public should face.
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This imbecilic FA not only pays dues but undoubtedly has a lot of money tied up in retirement which the union will NOT want to be getting rid of. Please remember that unions are about two things: MONEY and POWER. Anything that would lose them either one--like launching a disgraceful member--will just not happen.
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Dec 28, 2009, 12:48 pm
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If Helen's behavior is well known to AA, why did the pilot radio ahead so the plane would be met by "authorities?" And if the "incident" had happened after Dec 25th, goodness knows what the passenger's fate would be. Right now he is worried that he may be on a black list or even a no-fly list.
No, I think Helen's capacity to wreak havoc with innocent passengers is undiminished, largely due to AA's management, the FA's union, and Helen herself.
