Posted on 01/30/2019 11:19:41 AM PST by Mount Athos
Former Ohio governor John Kasich has been shamed for stealing another passenger's first class seat on an Alaska Airlines flight after being bumped out of his own to make room for a pilot.
He got on the plane first and, according to Klausner, was told that he could not sit in his seat because it had been given to a pilot who had been scheduled to fly at the other end of the journey at the last minute.
He was bumped out instead of anyone else because, according to Klausner, he paid the least for his ticket.
But instead of moving down a cabin, the Republican politician moved into Klausner's seat, thinking it was empty.
By the time Klausner got on on the plane, Kasich had settled in and, she claims, did nothing as she and the airline staff stood in front of him trying to find a solution.
'He knows I'm standing right in front of him because that's my seat. Finally a ticket agent comes on the plane and looks and sees that John Kasich is sitting there and he shook his head and he says, "This guy was downgraded and he refused to go into the seat he was newly assigned and he sat in yours and that's your seat,"" Klausner said in her podcast.
'Instead of saying, OK I'm going to go sit in 12C which has the extra legroom, she said it was premium and not economy, he got really mad and was a total d**k to the staff and sat in my seat instead.
According to Klausner, when he was talking on the phone in the airline lounge, he said, 'loudly': 'The people at CNN were so nice.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Now that’s funny.
That’s twice he’s done it then.
So they gave the comedian’s seat to a clown.
Apropos of nothing, the article calls him staunchly pro-life. Was he staunchly pro-life when he vetoed that anti-abortion bill?
“As governor, I have worked hard to strengthen Ohio’s protections for the sanctity of human life, and I have a deep respect for my fellow members of the pro-life community and their ongoing efforts in defense of unborn life,” said Kasich. “However, the central provision of Sub. H.B. 258, that an abortion cannot be performed if a heartbeat has been detected in the unborn child, is contrary to the Supreme Court of the United States’ current rulings on abortion.”
Little known fact: Kasich’s father worked for the Postal Service. ;-)
Just know that John Kasich is a total fraud.
If I was supposed to sit in first class and paid for the first class ticket, I am sitting in first class. Screw the airline and the pilot......let him/her sit in the back.
Not a fan of JK’s politics, but the airline has their heads up their asses. Of course John should have participated in the discussion rather than sitting there like the jerk that he is.
And John Kerry served in Vietnam.
Whoever made the reservation last should be the first bumped.
Me thinks this is not the whole story. She took a later flight in first class rather than lowering herself to ride in "Premium Economy", whatever that is. It's hard to believe Kasich wouldn't move if the airline people told him he's in the wrong seat. Half the article is, "Let's hate Kasich because he might be pro-life", so the whole thing is a little suspect.
She paid for first class - it was her seat. Options should have been economy seat + reimbursement of the first class ticket for the inconvenience or kick Kasich of of the seat that wasn’t his.
So glad he isn’t my Gov anymore - he was an absolute waste in regards to conservative actions.
I hope he is not on my Alaskan Air flight in June, I want my free scotch and free baggage
Yeah, the same thing happened to my son-in-law and his wife at The Isles Country Club north of Columbus. They were talking to the General Manager and John Kasich butted in and began to talk to the GM ignoring the two people already talking. After he was finished he walked off still ignoring the people he interrupted. The guy is a true jerk.
Nitpicking, I know, or misunderstanding, but the ticketing agent seems to change sexes:
“... ticket agent comes on the plane and looks and sees that John Kasich is sitting there and he shook his head and he says, “This guy was downgraded and he refused to go into the seat ...”
“Instead of saying, OK I’m going to go sit in 12C which has the extra legroom, she said it was premium and not economy, he [Kasich] got really mad and ...”
But his father was a mailman so it’s okay......
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