Posted on 01/10/2017 2:53:14 PM PST by lafroste
Former New York Sen. Al D'Amato was removed from a delayed New York-bound JetBlue flight on Monday after trying to rally passengers against the flight crew. JetBlue flight 1002 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally supposed to depart at 1:42 p.m. ET, but six delays pushed the departure time to just after 8:00 p.m.
Once the plane boarded, the pilots informed passengers that 10 of them needed to move from the front to the back of the plane due to weight distribution.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Even in this 21st Century, flying can still require the patience of Job, and then some. When I do fly, I’m impressed at the self control seen in 95% of all passengers. It’s like going to the average DMV. We deal with the Escher Stairway layouts of airports, followed an endurance march down the gauche and arbitrary gauntlets of the TSA.
Such defiance by passengers and yet, such utter stupidity by same passengers.
Flight was scheduled to depart at 1:42PM but those same passengers are still enduring all THAT crap until 8:00PM!
I would have LEFT THAT PLANE within the FIRST HOUR of the TROUBLE!
Screw those pilots! They can’t make us move! Laws of physics be damned! Hey, why are you dragging me off the plane?
Agreed.
Correct.
Looks like a large plane. At least three seats on each side. If there’s a weight distribution problem on that size plane, I’m getting off.
Now, now...no need to get testy; we’re all (basically) on the same side.
Yes, I should have gone beyond the headline. I stand corrected.
Ok, Michael! All is forgiven.
That’s one way to get your name back in the news.
Yeah. But when push came to shove he was Establishment all the way. (The "hearings" he conducted into Vince Foster's death were a complete travesty.)
ML/NJ
Agreed.
Bro, look where I come from.
At least he was an R!!! :)
ML/NJ
Maybe. It’s a long time ago and I don’t remember all the details. No way was the Congress going to investigate this mess, right? Including the Repubs!
I'm so sick of R's that I've voted against my 10+ term RINO Congressman and for the Democrat in the two most recent elections. The R's ABIDED OBAMA. They disgust me. (And D'Amato abided the murder of Vincent Foster. Do you really want me to forget?)
ML/NJ
I dont want you to do anything, bro. You’re a groan man :)
As MUCH as I HATE Mccain and mcconnell and linda, there are still quite a few issues they will vote with Trump on.
That’s more than can be said about a Dem.
Yes not your fault the headline is misleading against D’Amato.
The poet in you is coming to the surface.
If you don't think these people cause much more damage than any benefit they might provide, you're just not paying attention. If they were to be replaced, they would most likely be replaced with people like us, not other Pelosis. (That almost looks like a word for a disease!) In the case of my RINO Congressman, if he were to be replaced by whomever the Democrat is that I vote for, it might make a difference on a dozen votes, none of which would matter. And then after two years my Republican district would be rid of both of them.
ML/NJ
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