Famous last words.
Posted on 04/27/2017 10:26:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A passenger was allegedly removed off a Delta flight from Atlanta to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after he used a restroom as the plane taxied for takeoff, according to a series of videos posted to YouTube and a blogpost from the passenger who filmed them.
The man, identified as Kima Hamilton by NBC News affiliate TMJ4, was a passenger aboard Delta Flight 2035 when the April 18 incident took place.
Hamilton said he had an urgent need to use the bathroom, and after a 30-minute delay on the tarmac, ran to the back of the aircraft to use the restroom, according to a blog entry by fellow passenger Krista Rosolino.
Rosolino wrote that Hamilton was in the restroom for "less than a minute," and returned to his seat when it was announced the plane was returning to the gate to have a passenger removed.
"Everyone was shocked — what could have happened?" Rosolino wrote. "[Hamilton] quickly spoke up and apologized, saying he thought it was him, and he explained to those of us nearby what had happened."
Rosolino told NBC News because of the recent news of passengers being pulled off flights, as soon as it was announced the plane was returning to the gate, everyone became concerned.
When the flight arrived back at the gate, a Delta employee boarded and told Hamilton to get his things and follow him off the aircraft. That's when Rosolino began filming.
The employee begins to ask Hamilton to leave the aircraft again to "discuss the scenario." But Hamilton, still calm but appearing frustrated, asks what else there is to discuss.
"In that environment I'm at their mercy," Hamilton told TMJ4. "I'm a paying customer, but I have no say.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
His attitude was to argue for over 9 minutes while seated at the gate. His conversation may have polite but over 9 minutes of delay after being asked to get off the plane is hostile.
“In that environment I’m at their mercy,” Hamilton told TMJ4. “I’m a paying customer, but I have no say. Being in the body I’m in, as a black man, I’m already so aware of people and situations around me. I knew something weird was happening. The blessing in that moment is that there were other people there who were able to see it, and call it for what it was.”
Last line “...call it for what it was.” And what was it? “Being in the body I’m in, as a black man,...”.
He went to the head during taxing and he got thrown off for it. Maybe if he was a white man, or yellow man, or red man it would not have happened we won’t know for sure. But It took over 9 minutes after getting back to the gate for him to voluntarily leave the plane. That is hostile and aggressive.
I guess now anyone category of aggrieved people can feel secure in leaving their seat during taxing. More than likely there will be a massive crack down on all violations.
Just how does that humanity work? It is against the FAA regulations to be out of your seat during taxing. The airline can incur heavy penalties for not enforcing that rule. Will the FAA give the airline a humanity waiver? Who decides if its time for humanity? The passenger or does the FA judge it based on say a distressed appearance? So any one who says I gotta take a leek gets to get up and go during taxing? Or does the plane go park and then let the passenger go?
Yeah. The dictates of the almighty FAA should be followed to the letter with no deviation. Because the Government. The Rules are The Rules! Sit still and piss your pants sucker, then we can fine you for creating an environmental hazard.
Sorry, but I'm sick to death of all levels of government, from local to national. They are all a bunch of self-important nazis without a shred of human decency between the lot of them. Kill them all and I'll not shed a tear.
The more we tolerate of these people, the more EXPENSIVE it will be to fly. Just today, Southwest said it was ending overbooking (not that they did it much anyway). Sounds great if you’re paranoid about being bumped, not so great when you see the prices of their tickets going up as previously full flights now depart with empty seats. Same for United, without a doubt.
So, for people that don’t minding spending an extra 10 or 20 percent to fly, not a problem...but for the handful of others that don’t have big wads of cash laying around, not good for them.
"...Because, The Government!..."
I am with you on all of the rules by the Feds. But that is not Delta’s fault.
Not knowing what was happening in the cabin, the pilot decided to get the unruly passenger off his aircraft for the safety of the remaining passengers and crew. Disobedience to the flight crew's instructions on the ground is major cause for concern and can become deadly in the air. This buffoon deserved what he got. He was lucky to get the remaining fare refunded as there was no rule that mandated a refund if he was removed from the flight due to his ill-considered actions.
He was in the wrong, but they overreacted to the situation............
Sounds like ADULT DIAPERS are an appropriate precaution for you relative when she/he is flying and, possibly, when she/he is traveling by land transportation.
Sounds like ADULT DIAPERS are an appropriate precaution for you relative when she/he is flying and, possibly, when she/he is traveling by land transportation.
ADULT DIAPERS!
Adult diapers.
He could have bought the Delta ticket months ago, and had to pay “walk up” prices for the Southwest one.
“This new breed of bootlicking, hpolster-sniffing, and subservient FReepers are puzzling to me, too.”
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The new breed of FReepers who totally lack common sense and belief in individual responsibility are puzzling to me.
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Would they rather he$hit his pants in his seat?
Airlines need “common sense” counseling.
A passenger in the lav is no danger to anyone.
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Thanks for the ping. The guy had an emergency, but it was a non-threatening one. It called to mind a passage from the United CEO’s carefully crafted letter, ‘What Went Wrong?’:
‘It happened because our corporate policies were placed ahead of our shared values. Our procedures got in the way of our employees doing what they know is right.’
In this case, would a modicum of patience and circumspection have harmed Delta? Would it have benefited the passenger? There are the rigid rules, and then there’s common sense.
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>> “When you got to go, you got to go.” <<
True, and there is ample case law to support this contention.
I guess airlines feel compelled to be tyrants, and use no common sense at all.
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Why does that matter?
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