Passengers Removed from Flight
Jul 2, 2012 | 5:16 am
#31
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Cypress Hills Research Center
Posts: 5,295
PM is, presumably, Delta's "Platinum Medallion" FF level. There are silver, gold, platinum and diamond levels.
Jul 2, 2012 | 7:30 pm
#33
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: DL-Plat, UA-1P, HH-D, SPG-Plat
Posts: 24
1985, my first TATL flight -- MIA-MAD -- five drunk German men in coach were too rowdy for the FA to quiet them. She called the captain, who said they'd be removed if they didn't settle down. They did so, briefly, but by the time the plane was ready to push back, they were loud again -- not like earlier, but annoyingly so. After a long wait, during which the captain said we were waiting to resolve an issue (never described), an incredible swarm of uniformed people entered the back of the plane and the five drunk guys were gone.
Never seen it happen since, but there were a few I would like to have seen removed.
Never seen it happen since, but there were a few I would like to have seen removed.
Jul 2, 2012 | 8:10 pm
#34
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Cypress Hills Research Center
Posts: 5,295
I've never seen anyone actually removed from a flight but my wife was on a TPAC on which someone died. The guy was wheeled out on a gurney so, technically speaking, I guess she could say that she saw someone "removed" from a plane.
Fortunately for my wife (who truly believes in ghosts) they didn't move the guy to the front of the plane, they just partially covered him with a blanket as if he were sleeping - which, in a sense, I guess he was.
Fortunately for my wife (who truly believes in ghosts) they didn't move the guy to the front of the plane, they just partially covered him with a blanket as if he were sleeping - which, in a sense, I guess he was.
Jul 3, 2012 | 7:51 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Michigan
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 860
I understand why this is confusing, but not the poster's fault, since it was written before the thread was moved from the DL forum to travelbuzz.
Jul 3, 2012 | 8:17 am
#37
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: US CP, HH Gold
Posts: 85
I've never seen anyone actually removed from a flight but my wife was on a TPAC on which someone died. The guy was wheeled out on a gurney so, technically speaking, I guess she could say that she saw someone "removed" from a plane.
Fortunately for my wife (who truly believes in ghosts) they didn't move the guy to the front of the plane, they just partially covered him with a blanket as if he were sleeping - which, in a sense, I guess he was.
Fortunately for my wife (who truly believes in ghosts) they didn't move the guy to the front of the plane, they just partially covered him with a blanket as if he were sleeping - which, in a sense, I guess he was.
Jul 3, 2012 | 9:00 am
#38
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: United States
Posts: 355
If you've ever boarded a flight in Israel, you would see why they rarely need to do personal searches. You must arrive hours before departure. Everyone on the flight is subject to intensive questioning, profiling, and a very personal interview. Your bag is x-rayed, tossed around, and you are asked to open it and report its contents. In other parts of the world, they don't take the time to perform that level of personal observation - body scans and searches are much quicker way to ascertain any security threats.
Jul 3, 2012 | 9:05 am
#39
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: Just a peon
Posts: 4,569
If you've ever boarded a flight in Israel, you would see why they rarely need to do personal searches. You must arrive hours before departure. Everyone on the flight is subject to intensive questioning, profiling, and a very personal interview. Your bag is x-rayed, tossed around, and you are asked to open it and report its contents. In other parts of the world, they don't take the time to perform that level of personal observation - body scans and searches are much quicker way to ascertain any security threats.
Jul 3, 2012 | 9:19 am
#40
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Las Vegas since 11/2023
Programs: No status anywhere anymore, it was fun while it lasted
Posts: 4,648
I was once on a flight out of MSP where the woman next to me started shrieking uncontrollably, that she was afraid to fly, and they taxied back to the gate to let her off.
So I took my wife and we rented a car and drove to Chicago and then took a train from there to get her to the hospital she was being transferred to.
(Nope, not kidding.)
So I took my wife and we rented a car and drove to Chicago and then took a train from there to get her to the hospital she was being transferred to.
(Nope, not kidding.)
Jul 4, 2012 | 9:27 am
#41
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: MAD
Programs: DL, UA, AA, BA, Marriott
Posts: 599
I was once on a flight out of MSP where the woman next to me started shrieking uncontrollably, that she was afraid to fly, and they taxied back to the gate to let her off.
So I took my wife and we rented a car and drove to Chicago and then took a train from there to get her to the hospital she was being transferred to.
(Nope, not kidding.)
So I took my wife and we rented a car and drove to Chicago and then took a train from there to get her to the hospital she was being transferred to.
(Nope, not kidding.)
Jul 4, 2012 | 10:33 pm
#42
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,655
Jul 5, 2012 | 12:09 pm
#45
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Georgia
Programs: DL, US
Posts: 715
I was flying ATL-HOU. There was a passenger who was sick and threw up in the gate area. Upon boarding, he was seated behind me and was sweating profusely. He upchucked while the plane was still boarding. I was repulsed and the FA reported this to the GA. The GA asked the man to leave the plane.