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Airline made passenger put out cigarette. She threatened to kill everyone on the plane.
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 11, 2017 | Avi Selk

Posted on 12/11/2017 6:27:59 PM PST by artichokegrower

Southwest Airlines says it all started with a cigarette.

A passenger was smoking in the bathroom somewhere between Portland and Sacramento on Saturday, according to the airline, and had gone so far as to tamper with the smoke detector.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chitchat; crazypassengers; localnews; pufflist; swa
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To: artichokegrower

Don’t mess with my cigar.


61 posted on 12/11/2017 7:33:13 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: JaguarXKE

Ding-ding-ding

We have a winner!

(I want eyewash)


62 posted on 12/11/2017 7:41:08 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: Paladin2

THAT”S a GUY!! (Just start looking from the A-apple on up.)


63 posted on 12/11/2017 7:43:31 PM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2018!)
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To: artichokegrower

I remember the old tobacco company ads that stressed the civility of smokers and that OF COURSE they would extinguish their cigarette if asked to do so.


64 posted on 12/11/2017 7:47:50 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: artichokegrower

Probably not pure tobacco in those “cigarettes”, if you know what I mean.


65 posted on 12/11/2017 7:48:49 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: KC_Lion

She needs to switch to decaf.


66 posted on 12/11/2017 7:48:50 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: GnuThere

Thanks, that made me laugh.


67 posted on 12/11/2017 7:49:41 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: artichokegrower

Should have seen what I was like when I quit smoking!


68 posted on 12/11/2017 7:50:58 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: umgud
I remember a time when anyone anywhere in a cabin could light up anytime. It wasn’t very pleasant.

I did a bit of flying during those times and I agree. I also flew a lot when they put the smokers in the back of the plane (Yeah, like that'll help in a sealed tin can). Anyway, I had several flights returning home from Germany on the Lufthansa planes and the Germans in the back smoked those terrible European cigarettes. The whole plane smelled like burning dung.

69 posted on 12/11/2017 7:53:01 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Well obviously you have not been to Nevada.. lol everyone smokes here. So yes, people still smoke.. isn’t freedom nice.


70 posted on 12/11/2017 7:53:43 PM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: JaguarXKE
"“Valerie” seem to be carrying a little extra “package” in her pants?"

Doesn't appear to have any boobs either.

71 posted on 12/11/2017 8:01:46 PM PST by Spunky
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To: TaMoDee
THAT”S a GUY!! (Just start looking from the A-apple on up.)

Sheesh! Over 70 posts, and not one person read the caption under the picture of the guy. United Express Flight 3411, David Dao dragged off plane unconscious. They used pictures of various flights where people were kicked off, starting with that one of the guy David Dao.

72 posted on 12/11/2017 8:02:51 PM PST by roadcat
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To: aquila48

TransDar pegged to the max.


73 posted on 12/11/2017 8:05:35 PM PST by Zathras
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To: artichokegrower
Portland to Sacramento is a one hour flight. If you can't make it for one hour without a cigarette you've got big problems.

From the time one enters the airport, goes through security, goes through the ticket process, and waits for boarding it is much longer than an hour in a no-smoking zone. I always get to the airport at least two hours before flight time. Plus, the one hour time is from wheels up to wheels down. There is still taxi time, waiting for takeoff clearance, and whatever other delays come up.

Now I am not a smoker, so it does not bother me at all, but lets be realistic about the time.

74 posted on 12/11/2017 8:17:42 PM PST by CurlyDave
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To: TaxPayer2000

I quit smoking when a carton of cigarettes hit ten dollars.
A buck a pack? No way. Anyone who smokes now is throwing money away by the fist full.


75 posted on 12/11/2017 8:22:03 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: Paladin2

That’s a female?


76 posted on 12/11/2017 8:25:53 PM PST by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, to)
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To: aquila48
I suspect other substances were involved...

I share your suspicion, my FRiend.

Hopefully, the Sheriff's Deps will do a comprehensive drug screen.

.

77 posted on 12/11/2017 8:26:01 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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78 posted on 12/11/2017 8:27:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Someone else laughed at the notion of a no-smoking in an airliner since you are basically sitting in a tube. Maybe it was Ron White. Speaking of whom...

The comedian regularly smoked marijuana during their flights, said former co-pilot Chris LaPlante - so much, in fact, “we wore oxygen masks” so they would not become impaired.


79 posted on 12/11/2017 8:31:28 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: Paladin2

Transgender? better check that plumbing.....you first.


80 posted on 12/11/2017 8:37:43 PM PST by davidb56
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