Posted on 07/11/2010 5:05:15 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Vice President Joe Biden held up airplane traffic for hours on Friday night at Los Angeles International Airport after an appearance on Jay Leno ‘s ‘Tonight Show,’ leaving restless passengers fuming.
A spokesman for the vice president said he was unaware of the FAA temporary flight restriction that stopped flights coming in, and delayed those going out.
“I know we didn’t ask for anything,” Biden’s spokesman James Carney told TheWrap. “There was no sign of any stoppage. And there shouldn’t have been one.”
Oh, but there was. Passengers were stuck for anywhere from 45 minutes to four hours as a result (including this writer), leaving many of them fuming. In one LAX terminal, flights on Horizon, Alaska and Virgin Air had three-hour delays.
“I sincerely hope that the vice president was oblivious to the number of lives he inconvenienced by deciding to land at LAX and his attempted humor on the Tonight Show,” said Will Roos, the owner of an environmental company GreenUp who was on his way back from a business trip in Sun Valley.
He added: “Just on our small propeller plane it resulted in half the passengers missing their flight, everyone missing their checked luggage, and more than four hours of delay for those lucky enough to make it on the plane."
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“Let them eat cake!”
I agree; my point, albeit badly stated, is that it demonstrates that we (the 2008 minority) all must often suffer at the hands of the foolish majority.
LOL
LOL-LA! so GLAD I moved........
Wow, isn't it heartwarming how this administration is so in touch with the little guy?
That's only because Hillary kept Al Gore locked up in a little room. She only let him out when she needed to distract the public from Bill's inappropriate behavior.
Slo Joe slowed down the air traffic.
Smart asses for Palin - ‘10.
“A spokesman for the vice president said he was unaware of the FAA temporary flight restriction that stopped flights coming in, and delayed those going out.”
Maybe Biden was unaware of ALL of the flights delayed, or diverted.
However, I know for a fact that it’s SOP for flight restrictions to be imposed no matter what is his destination.
He made a visit to my area on Thursday...an unnanounced and closed visit...and a fundraising visit. There were flight resrictions in place then.
My husband is a pilot, and called me asking if Obama was coming here because of the flight restrictions.
Does anyone know if Cheney’s visits required those same restrictions?
You can’t sue a Brain Dead idiot. They know not what they do.
****There was no sign of any stoppage. And there shouldn’t have been one...****
There’s no sign of any BC and there should be one!!!!
"I sincerely hope that the vice president was oblivious to the number of lives he inconvenienced by deciding to land at LAX and his attempted humor on the Tonight Show," said Will Roos, the owner of an environmental company GreenUp who was on his way back from a business trip in Sun Valley. He added: "Just on our small propeller plane it resulted in half the passengers missing their flight, everyone missing their checked luggage, and more than four hours of delay for those lucky enough to make it on the plane."
Environmentalist, eh? You probably voted for Obama; get used to your new Prole status, fool!
I wonder if they want Biden in a spy swap and sent to Russia?
How can ANYONE in ANY administration be unaware of the effect of a president’s plane (or vice president’s plane) landing at a busy airport has on air traffic? It happens every.single.time.
My thoughts exactly! You people wanted these buffons, you got em.
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