In the latest on the air wars here in America (airlines abusing their passengers), there is yet another one.
Seems that an aircraft had to stay on the tarmac and wait, so after about 30 min, a guy asked if he could use the restroom. He was told "no" because they were preparing for takeoff and he would have to wait.
Well, apparently, his bladder was about to burst, so he jumped up, went to the bathroom, and went back to his seat. The airline then taxied back to the loading dock and he was kicked off.
Delta passenger kicked off flight after using restroom
Apparently, it's actually an FAA law that says when the remain seated light is on, you actually have to remain in your seat. It's illegal to do otherwise.
So, my question is..................what do you think of this one? Should the guy have wet himself and remained on the aircraft? Should he have been thrown off?
Looks like another thing you should bring with you on the aircraft is a bottle to pee in, so that when they stay on the runway, you don't get thrown off.
Airline employees probably get sick of dealing assholes on a daily basis.
You know, in the military I had to deal with assholes on a daily basis as well, because I worked personnel, which is very customer oriented, and I never took it out on the people who needed my help.
However..................I did have one unique way of handling people who were less than friendly, and that was to go strictly by the book, because it would take 20 percent longer to complete, and they couldn't do anything about it.
I remember one guy came up to my office screaming that he hadn't been paid his leave rations, and that he was owed around 55 bucks (10 days worth of leave rats). Well, I looked at what had happened, and found out that somehow, someone had failed to log his leave time. I started to explain to him that he would be better off letting it go, but he kept screaming about his money.
Well, I then typed up the paperwork, got it signed (my PN1 asked me if he knew what the situation was, and I told him I'd tried to explain), escorted him to Disbursing so that he could get paid, gave him his money, and then after all was said and done, I pointed out to him that he now has 55 bucks, but he's also a month out from reenlistment, meaning that he was also eligible to sell back leave at that time. I then showed him where his daily rate of pay was around 33 bucks a day, and then explained that if he would have kept his mouth shut, he could have sold back those 10 days for 330 dollars because of his pay rate instead of accepting the measly 55 bucks he now had.
He then asked me if I could cancel the paperwork, and I told him no, because both the Personnel and Disbursing supervisors had been made aware of his situation and it was too late.
It was also one of the reasons I did his paperwork so fast and escorted him to the pay office.