Posted on 12/06/2011 3:37:30 PM PST by Lazlo in PA
Alec Baldwin was booted from an American Airlines flight Tuesday after some turbulence with a flight attendant.
“Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving,” the actor said in a Twitter message after the incident.
The “30 Rock” star added a hashtag saying it was “no wonder” the airline recently declared bankruptcy.
“But, oddly, 30 Rock plays in-flight on American,” he said in a later tweet, this time promoting competing airline United with the hashtag “#theresalwaysunited.”
The cabin confrontation started when a flight staffer scolded Baldwin for playing the addictive Scrabble-like game on his iPad while the airplane was still at the gate, not moving, a source familiar with the situation told the Daily News.
He later demanded the flight attendant’s name, and the conflict escalated, the source said.
The actor, 53, was being rebooked on a later American Airlines flight after his removal, Baldwin tweeted.
Word of the ejection spread at supersonic speed as other passengers posted on Twitter, apparently committing the same offense as Baldwin.
“On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait,” tweeted Michael J. Wolfe, a former president at MTV.
Grant Cardone, an LA-based sales expert and author, was at LAX when airline employees told one another about the heave-ho.
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“Don’t you know who I am?”
Hopefully it was mid-flight.
I wonder if he played the Do-You-Know-Who-I-Am card...
“No, but I know WHAT you are.”
If a..holes could fly, Hollywood would be an airport.
Rules are for the little people.
Maybe he should start making commercials for Preparation H.
“Do you have a pain your Alec Baldwin? Try Preparation H!”
hilarious
I wonder if he called the flight attendant a pig like he did his daughter.
He obviously fought with the attendant over something minor. They didn’t throw him off for playing the game. He’s always been “volatile”.
YOU ARW WOLTHRESS AREC BARDWIN!
“The non-stop to France is at Gate B.”
I’d chip in a dollar for a one-way for him.
Simple: When departing, if the door of the plane is closed, and you are not in the air above 10K; all electronics are off.
Alec as in A-hole.
Smart Alec.
First Class A-hole.
I’ve never heard anything positive about this man’s character. People won’t even lie about him.
They shoulda thrown him under the bus.
I’m still laughing!!!
Ummm...were they at the gate or not?
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