Posted on 01/05/2017 4:20:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
Two sisters said they were kicked off an Allegiant Air flight after authorities deemed them a threat, and it cost them the chance to see their dying father.
Debbie Hartman and Trisha Baker of DeLand, Florida, said they were on the plane Monday in Orlando, waiting to take off for Asheville, North Carolina, to see their father, who was in hospice care.
When Baker got a text message saying her father only had hours to live, she wanted to tell her sister, who was sitting further back in the plane. She told Orlando television station WKMG that a flight attendant stepped in when she got up from her seat.
"She said, `You need to sit down,' and I said, `Well can I just sit here? I just want to console my sister. We just got word that my dad's dying," Baker said.
Hartman had a panic attack and Baker accused the flight attendant of not being compassionate, telling her "You're being very rude," Hartman recalled. She said her sister was then told she needed to keep her "personal problems" off the plane.
The flight attendant alerted the captain and airport security escorted them off the plane.
"They told us we were a threat to the flight," Hartman said. "I couldn't believe it."
Their father died a short while later, and Hartman said they want the airline to be held accountable for keeping them from getting to see him.
"This is not humane," Hartman said.
"One hundred thousand percent I blame them. They were the gate between keeping me from my father to say goodbye."
Allegiant officials told the station they are investigating.
A statement from the airline said they rely on the crew to "provide and oversee a safe environment for every passenger, on every flight. We expect that authority to be exercised both judiciously and consistently, with empathy and with good judgment. We take this customer feedback seriously and are in the process of conducting an investigation into what occurred."
Beat me to it!
Well played, sir.
Bad headline. It reads like the girls went to Florida to see their dying father kicked off the plane. Depending on who the father is, it might be fun to see him kicked off the plane.
The panic attack and wails and crying did not play in favor of the sisters.
People get up all the time when the seat belt sign is lit. I’d say give the gal a break if she just learned that her father was dying and told the stewardess (or was it a steward?) about her issue.
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Not when taxiing to takeoff.
I’ve flown Allegiant before. A discount airline with really cheap fares. But they nickle and dime you with lots of extra fees. Like $25 for a carry on bag, etc. They charge extra for assigned seats. They assign them when you get on plane if you don’t pay the fee at time of booking. Even if plane is nearly empty. It is $12 fee if I remember correctly.
I don’t know details of what happened on the plane. Only what it says in article. But it could all have been over $12.
Hospice is just as nasty.
My wife and I took a very sad flight to San Francisco when our son died suddenly. We were too traumatized to make a scene or inconvenience anyone. The flight attendants had somehow been told of our loss and couldn’t have been kinder. United Airlines, Washington Dulles to San Francisco, June 11, 2002. Grief doesn’t give you a license to act like an idiot.
You will still get there at the same time
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Not true. The sister who was seated the farthest forward will get there first.
(It’s to laugh friend.)
That's nothing, I had to pay $50 per checked bag on United.
Apparently, the sisters were on the aisle across from each other. And the flight was already four hours late (see youtube above).
There are rules on airplanes for a reason. A person walking around during takeoff can cause serious injury to others.
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