Alec Baldwin: Booted from plane

Not that he's right in being uncooperative, but I wonder how long the iPad crowd will tolerate not playing Angry Birds for the first 10 minutes of flight when they find out Captain America and FO Freddy have iPads on their laps?
 
rframe said:
Not that he's right in being uncooperative, but I wonder how long the iPad crowd will tolerate not playing Angry Birds for the first 10 minutes of flight when they find out Captain America and FO Freddy have iPads on their laps?
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I've wondered this as well! I'm not in the airline world - I fly corporate - but it's my understanding that a big reason most airlines still require passengers to turn everything off is that they want folks paying attention to the flight attendants instead of their Angry Birds during the briefing and, maybe more importantly, in case of an actual emergency. Still, trying to get Joe Six Pack in 25E, or even the vaunted Mr Baldwin, to take such petty matters seriously is another matter, I suppose.
 
Always follow instructions from flight crew members and police officers. Why is this so hard for people to understand?
 
[h=6]American Airlines
[/h][h=6]Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off. This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding.

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I really wish the airlines had a passenger blacklist that they, as private companies, could implement at will. Maybe people would start paying attention if they had to drive everywhere.
 
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"Mr. Baldwin, some things in here don't react well to electronics."
 
dasleben said:
It's a rule, albeit a stupid rule.
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Pretty sure this is still part of the briefing too:

"Federal regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs, posted placards, and crewmember instructions."
 
"You vill learn to respect authority Mr. Baldwin! Now... your papers please... SCHNELL!"

Annnd Mr. Baldwin's next contract will include a NetJets share in 3...2...1...
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Pretty sure this is still part of the briefing too:

"Federal regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs, posted placards, and crewmember instructions."
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Shouldn't you be learning pilot stuff instead of FA stuff? ;)
 
Murdoughnut said:
I really wish the airlines had a passenger blacklist that they, as private companies, could implement at will. Maybe people would start paying attention if they had to drive everywhere.
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It is my understanding, after talking with the head of security for my airline, that several airlines actually do have blacklists. People who constantly complain to get vouchers or people who have caused problems in the past have been banned. One guy has actually been blacklisted because he was buying buddy passes from employees and then selling them to other people. We had several people fired for it and he was banned from flying us.
 
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