Posted on 09/02/2014 6:33:02 AM PDT by Wolfie
Flight From LaGuardia to Florida Diverted Over Reclining Seat
A flight from LaGuardia International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport had to divert after a pair of passengers got into a fight over a reclining seat, according to published reports.
Delta airlines told NBC affiliate WPTV in West Palm Beach that Flight 2370 landed in Jacksonville, Florida, “due to safety reasons in regard to a passenger issue.”
A witness on the plane told WPTV that a woman who was knitting tried to recline her seat, angering a woman who was trying to sleep on the tray table.
The two argued, with the woman who was trying to sleep getting angry and cursing. A flight attendant came over, the witness said, and she demanded that the flight land at the nearest airport.
"She said something to the fact that 'I don't care about the consequences, put this plane down now,'" he said.
The passenger was escorted off the plane by police when it landed at Jacksonville International Airport, WPTV reports. The rest of the passengers then continued on to Palm Beach.
It's the second time recently that a flight out of the tri-state had to be diverted because of an argument over reclining seats. On Aug. 24, a flight from Newark was diverted when passengers got into an dispute after one passenger attached a clip to a tray table that prevented the person in front from reclining.
No Knee Defender involved in this one.
Just make sure the woman who demanded the flight land be put on the permanent NoFly List.
Back in the day (now I only fly business or first class), when someone would recline into my space, odd, I would all of a sudden have sneezing fits. . .don’t know why, must be allergies to the shampoo of the person reclining into my space (that was my story). . .anyway, a few hacks of sneeze blowing in their hair, followed by loud sniffling makes them quickly stop reclining.
Why is there a sudden spat of these incidents or is it only that the media is reporting them, I wonder?
“...a woman who was knitting tried to recline her seat...”
Knitting needles are allowed onboard? Aren’t they considered WMD?
All US carriers have banned the device. You can’t use it on any US carrier.
Use of one of those devices is a FAA reg violation, and can get the user fined several thousand bucks on the spot by the gov’t. No ticket, no hearing, pay up.
Some folks have no business on an aircraft and should only be allowed to ride a bus.
a woman who was trying to sleep on the tray table.
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I’d have like to have seen that...
must have been Thumbelina...
a woman who was trying to sleep on the tray table.
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I’d have like to have seen that...
must have been Thumbelina...
I guess up to a certain height or size you can pretend you have some personal space. I’m not a giant guy, but I long ago gave up any pretense that the area in front of me was of much use to me at all. It’s not enough space for me to lean forward and put my head on the table to try to sleep; it’s not even enough space for me to be able to lean forward and pick up something from the floor by my feet.
The young woman across the aisle had her feet up on the tray table, cleaning the gunk from her toe rings.
Reason #3 not to sleep on a tray table...
i usually go with the knee in the back of the seat and push it forward...
>>>Just make sure the woman who demanded the flight land be put on the permanent NoFly List.<<<
I totally agree the Flight Attendant should be fired. Making an unscheduled landing poses a far greater risk to the passengers and crew than a quarrel among a couple of passengers.
The need to go back to calling the “stewardesses” and strip them of the delusion that they are anything more that cocktail waitresses at high altitude.
Seating is cramped. Seats recline. Shut up.
I’m 6’5” so the space is precious for me. I have been known to plant my knees as firmly as possible in the back of the seat in front of me and watch as the person becomes confused as their seat doesn’t lock in when they try to recline.
Premenstrual?
I agree. But long legs, and knees, exist too so if they prevent you from reclining, shut up.
And the airlines solution is to punish the passengers involved instead of looking at the reason this has become an issue … seats are too darn close to each other. There’s no room for reclining seats anymore.
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