Posted on 06/11/2019 12:34:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
A St. Petersberg man, accused of taking a smoke break in the bathroom on a Spirit flight from Detroit to New Orleans, has been banned from flying on the airline for life.
An attendant on Flight NK 985 said she saw him take a drag from an e-cigarette and exhale into a bag while he was sitting in his seat. When she admonished him, the 30-year old man got up and headed for the restroom, according to a report filed with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
While he was in the bathroom, the plane’s smoke alarm went off.
When a deputy met the plane at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the man denied smoking in the restroom, according to the report. He also told a deputy he didn’t know smoking was prohibited on flights.
The passenger was not arrested but he may never again fly with Spirit.
“It’s a private business that can ban customers at their own leisure,” said Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Jason Rivarde. “It’s like telling you not to come back to the restaurant. Once he was on the ground, he was cooperative with our deputies so he didn’t face any criminal charges.”
Vaping apparently wasn’t his only problem.
Another passenger complained to the flight attendant that he had been drinking from bottles of alcohol that he brought on board — which is also prohibited, according to the sheriff’s office.
Pop a Nicorette next time.
No, I think they lasted longer. At least Pan Am and TWA did.
Better yet, just QUIT!.......................
Yep.
5.56mm
Florida Man really gets around.
We call it: UnTied Airlines.
CORRECT
Or want you to do flowers, etc.
With private entities— Break rules, lose liberties. He was told not to vape during the safety talk.
He was under the influence — Drink booze and do dumb things. Doh!
Being banned for life on Spirit is actually a pretty good deal.
So I understand!....LOL!.............
Eastern, Air Florida, Northwest..............
"I didn't do it, you can't prove a thing, and I promise I'll never do it again"
Maybe this dude works for your company too and he figured out a way to beat the penny pincher that approves expense reimbursement?
Neil Young needs to update his song...
No kidding. I want his name and picture. I want to see someone this stupid
Other ways to get your nicotine load than by vaping
Yes, Southwest Airlines only paid about $1.4 Billion for what had been Airtran. Something worth a $Billion and a half is clearly a total failure. Probably just pocket change to you.
WELL! That will certainly show him! Imagine getting REWARDED for bad behavior!
Oh, I’m sure this isn’t his first (or last) lifetime ban at something or another.
“Failure”? They usually just change names. I don’t give AF enough about this issue to care why I’ve seemingly pissed off Big Air here, unless like on another recent irrelevant thread, this is an excuse to try to discredit my more political posts. Quite interesting that I’ve drawn so much personal attention on this thread, over completely innocent personal observation posts. No offense intended, still not sure what I said wrong here.
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