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Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet ( Minnesota)
WCCO ^ | July 22, 2014 | Jennifer Mayerle

Posted on 07/23/2014 5:46:02 AM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 07/23/2014 5:46:02 AM PDT by george76
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Looks like somebody better start looking for a new job. I’d can that agent immediately.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 5:47:52 AM PDT by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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To: george76

There is probably more to this. My guess is the guy was being an asshole.


3 posted on 07/23/2014 5:48:55 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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To: Don W

There could be another side to this story.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 5:49:17 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: george76

Maybe someone had a “special” reason to separate the kids from their dad.


5 posted on 07/23/2014 5:49:42 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: george76

There are always too sides to these stories and I could believe either side in this story:

On the one hand, these flight attendants can be power-drunk Nazis at times and take any little slight or show of temper as a terrorist act.

On the other hand, some passengers can be real a-holes.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 5:52:16 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: george76

Who forced him to delete his tweet? And how did they do it?


7 posted on 07/23/2014 5:52:34 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: george76

The whole incident revolves around the exact words he used in the tweet and he can’t remember them? Sounds a bit suspicious.


8 posted on 07/23/2014 5:54:29 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: george76

“That does it! I’m going to tweet about this!” Some relative of Pajama Boy?


9 posted on 07/23/2014 5:54:53 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: DugwayDuke

“My guess is the guy was being an asshole.”....

I would side with you on this. I used to travel via air a lot and have witnessed a number of people over the years that played the “Do you who I am” card expecting to get their way. there are a lot of a-holes out there, just ask any airline gate agent.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 5:55:15 AM PDT by DaveA37
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On a flight out of BAL three weeks ago I complained about Delta service in a tweet and they DM’d me immediately and asked how they could help...


11 posted on 07/23/2014 5:56:07 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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The pilot is likely the one that booted the twit. If you annoy the pilot, you don’t fly on his flight, period.

The airlines are a tight knit group of employees, more so than any other industry.


12 posted on 07/23/2014 5:58:11 AM PDT by wrench
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I’ve seen stuff like this first hand before. Guy was complaining about the crappy service that the gate agent for Delta was providing.

Agent said she felt threatened and called security.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 6:02:30 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: DaveA37

The airline gate agents can be real winners.


14 posted on 07/23/2014 6:03:10 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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15 posted on 07/23/2014 6:05:29 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: driftdiver

And why announce you’re going to do it. Do it, take the flight, and then inform them as you’re getting off in MSP that you told the whole world how you were treated.


16 posted on 07/23/2014 6:05:36 AM PDT by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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To: DugwayDuke

There could be but air travel is much worse today then it was even 4 or 5 years ago. They are flying at capacity so any hiccup in the system causes tremendous ripple effects. The planes and airports are dirtier, more crowded and more expensive. The airlines pretty much don’t give a crap about customer service and treat you like cattle.

If you complain they’ll boot you off the plane or have you arrested in a heartbeat.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 6:05:56 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: tenger

If this is all he said he was simply communicating his displeasure. It’s pretty common for airlines to let groups board with the earlier zone, especially if some are children.

I don’t fly southwest very often because of their boarding system.


18 posted on 07/23/2014 6:08:05 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: nonliberal
My guess is the guy was being an asshole.

Have you worked with women much? My guess is she used the intimidation card to settle her personal beef. We both have a guess. Right?

19 posted on 07/23/2014 6:09:08 AM PDT by Stentor (Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence. /S)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

Baltimore? That’s were Southwest is flying the illegals. Someone here was flying from Phoenix to Baltimore and there were a dozen coughing teenagers being flown there. Apparently they were gang members (Baltimore doesn’t have enough already?) because none of them had shoe laces and they were accompanied by LEOs.

They got priority boarding. Our tax dollars at work.


20 posted on 07/23/2014 6:10:41 AM PDT by ladyjane
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