Posted on 10/09/2014 3:40:24 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
Concern over a pilot who may be drunk is considered whining?
Wow
No, another passenger accused the pilot of being drunk. Hence the sobriety test. This woman merely tweeted about the facts of what was happening...flight delayed for the test. Read the article indeed.
And why didn’t they kick the person who ACTUALLY accused the pilot of being drunk off the plane?
Wanting an explanation after the test was taken and passed is whiny. You can smell there is more to the story than written. I’ve witnessed these things too many times and I’m always amused at how they get reported. I’m sure she sat quietly and patiently while waiting with all the other passengers. I guess she was singled out to not board because she was too nice.
Perhaps you should read the article more closely. It specifically says "another passenger" accused the pilot of being intoxicated and prompting the breathalyzer. This woman was merely tweeting what she was watching going on around her.
In this age, I would think every major company has software monitoring Twitter and other feeds, kicking out items for human staff to check. If there's a problem affecting the company, it will likely be tweeted about.
Blacks are looking for any reason to sue,excuse me, hit the lotto!
Twitter troll.
LOL. She actually seems more middle class:
http://www.wcvb.com/news/jetblue-denies-tweets-were-reason-for-banning-passenger/29024032
I agree with your post....lately a cadre of liberals has infested FR
are you trying to say that the Pilot “probably” was drinking......get real peasant!!!
Maybe they saw behavior that could likely cause problems during the flight?
See sonething / Say something?
Yeah, i’ll think twice about that.
I was a flight attendant on a plane where some smart ass thought it would be cute to ask, as he was boarding, if we were late because the pilot was at a bar. The flight was shut down and both pilots went for a breathalyzer test. The company was informed, the passengers - everyone knew some idiot was responsible for some snarky comment that had the potential of destroying two men’s careers and destroying their lives.
We, too, departed hours later.
Another time, one passenger said he was with the FAA. He wasn’t. Idiot. Feds met the plane and they took him off to discuss impersonating a federal officer.
That’s exactly what I mean. But that is left out of the reporting. The “VICTIM” wasn’t doing anything wrong.
She used the hashtag #JetBlue. That immediately makes whatever she wrote show up on the Twitter feed of people following that hashtag. That would likely be some of the airline’s PR people who probably then contacted the gate.
JMO obviously, but I do know if you use a hashtag that people follow, they are notified. Had she not used the hashtag, they may have noticed she was doing something but not known for sure. Or gate attendants could have seen her typing and checked #JetBlue on Twitter where they would see the tweet. You can go there now and search that #and see all the tweets using it.
Nothing to do with libs. Lonesome was wrong. The article clearly states the woman tweeted after this started and wasn’t the one pointing the finger.
Lisa Carter-Knight
Ah so...a woman with a dashaphynated name.
I don’t buy this either. How would the pilot know what this woman is “tweeting”? Likely she’s a kook and was booted for her behavior.
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