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'Hit me!' The shocking moment an American Airlines flight attendant challenges a passenger to a....
daily mail uk ^ | April 22, 2017 | Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com and Reuters

Posted on 04/21/2017 9:46:33 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: 'Hit me!' The shocking moment an American Airlines flight attendant challenges a passenger to a FIGHT after 'hitting a crying mother in struggle over her baby's stroller'

A shocking video has emerged showing an American Airlines employee challenging a passenger to a fight after allegedly hitting a woman with a stroller on a domestic flight.

The upsetting footage, filmed shortly before Flight 591 departed from San Francisco on Friday afternoon, shows the airline employee goading a passenger and saying, 'hit me'.

The clip was uploaded by passenger Surain Adyanthaya, who explained he started filming after the flight attendant 'violently took a stroller from a lady with her baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby'.

Adyanthaya went on to explain: 'They just in-voluntarily escorted the mother and her kids off the flight and let the flight attendant back on, who tried to fight other passengers. The mom asked for an apology and the AA official declined.'

In the video, a woman is seen standing at the front of the airplane as she is holding a child in her arms.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: aa; airlines; americanairlines; aviation; fight
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To: House Atreides
You conveniently left out multiple eyewitness accounts that said the bald attendant yanked the stroller violently, striking the mother and almost hitting her baby.

Why the defense of this faggy-looking puffball?

161 posted on 04/22/2017 9:44:56 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: RFEngineer

I can tell you flat out this passenger guy is an ahole. I see his type quite often during business travel. Looks like a typical loudmouth northeastern democrat. He is just as likely to act like this toward a woman, as he did toward this gay employee of AA - just hasn’t been caught on video.

I can assure you I would gladly get in this passenger’s face at a moments notice, because I’ve done it before when his type decides to berate some other victim. Bully’s like him are usually easy to have their bluff called.

We will just have to disagree here. You see something different than I do in this video.


162 posted on 04/22/2017 9:51:31 AM PDT by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: AndyTheBear

I submit that the appropriate response of the man in uniform representing his company should be something in the line of “Sir, that was an unfortunate accident, I am sorry for the distress I caused her, her children and the passengers, now please sit down as we prepare the plane for take off. If that didn’t diffuse the situation and the male passenger did not resume his seat, then the male passenger should have been booted off the flight.

I understand the pilots response, both guys were displaying school ground behavior at some level. I bet the pilot read the FA the riot act in private. It truly is the FA’s job to defuse situations, not ramp them up.


163 posted on 04/22/2017 9:55:12 AM PDT by dangerdoc (disgruntled)
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To: Morgana

The woman was emotional hauling twins around and I understand that

The bald fag attendant

Issues

What a surprise

Problem is air travel is overcrowded

Young people don’t realize how it used to be a fun even elegant experience

Wasn’t cheep though


164 posted on 04/22/2017 9:58:56 AM PDT by wardaddy (Multiculturalism: Everyone wants to inhabit the world of white men with no white men in it)
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To: dangerdoc

Baldie seemed to think he was in charge. I thought pilots outranked flight attendants.


165 posted on 04/22/2017 10:00:24 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: wardaddy

“Young people don’t realize how it used to be a fun even elegant experience”

Do you know how many older people tell me this!!

Same words you used too. “Elegant”.


166 posted on 04/22/2017 10:06:10 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Thumper1960

I agree wholeheartedly but you left off the other half of the old school

Women were expected to act a certain way in accordance

Trust today at least in school when boys and girls conflict

The school sided with the girl

Any issue

Schools are run by angry feminists who see girls as victims as they see themselves but at the same time they are encouraged to provoke and be loud albeit with no consequence in a perfect world

It’s inadvertently led to boorishness all around

I think the mom is emotional in the video but not at fault

We have three boys in school

Any issues the boys get blamed

Girls tattle and gossip and start crap but if boys react and just simply yell back then it’s about their anger

Not the girl

Hey it’s kinda like marriage lol

I just had an epiphany


167 posted on 04/22/2017 10:06:32 AM PDT by wardaddy (Multiculturalism: Everyone wants to inhabit the world of white men with no white men in it)
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To: Bon mots

Good one, however considering what we know of the Steward we need a little more limp wrist on that man.


168 posted on 04/22/2017 10:13:53 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
Good one, however considering what we know of the Steward we need a little more limp wrist on that man.

There's Club Class at United and Stroller Class at American.

United Airlines Club Class

169 posted on 04/22/2017 10:16:57 AM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: Codeflier

If chivalry to you means protecting the gay flight attendant against the mean ol’ hetero protecting a mother and child, then yes, we shall have to disagree.


170 posted on 04/22/2017 10:18:00 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: House Atreides

It’s “likely” you are queer.


171 posted on 04/22/2017 10:20:27 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: latina4dubya

I dunno, I find there is something particularly bitchy about SF flight crews. I’m not being snarky, I fly a lot and it is really noticeable.


172 posted on 04/22/2017 10:43:27 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: RFEngineer

Like I said, his type gets in the face of women too. Guess you just like wimpy bullies that pick on little gay guys because they know they will get their ass kicked if they pick on a real man.


173 posted on 04/22/2017 11:01:08 AM PDT by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: Blue Highway
They see way more than just your underwear, in case you were misled... They see EVERYTHING.

Yes, and I hope they see both of my middle fingers when my arms are up in the air as I stand there like a criminal.

174 posted on 04/22/2017 11:12:50 AM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: dangerdoc
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." --proverbs 15:1

It seemed like they might have been continuing a previous conversation that had not ended well. My sense is the employee was feeling very defensive and threatened. Now possibly because he knew his actions were indefensible ...but also possibly because he was afraid of being mob-judged...which seems a very reasonable fear these days. But this is speculative. Another story was saying that the woman had gotten permission from one employee to try to find overhead room for the stroller, but that the guy went onto the plane and yanked it away from her.

175 posted on 04/22/2017 12:20:42 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Codeflier

You seem to take an interest in psychology. Was your mom a bit controlling and overbearing?

Watch the video again and learn something about how a man reacts to a woman and children being abused. This guy sprung into action instead of consulting the rule book or dialing 911. He did the right thing - he diverted the attack from the woman and her children to himself. He did it without caring about what others thought. He acted, and in this case, he acted alone - because the rest of the men on the flight were like you. Hapless beta-males appealing to some faulty model on how to be a man - perhaps learned from playing too many video games.

No, watch and learn. Then when you are faced with a situation where those more vulnerable than you are being abused - you can spring into action like this guy - and do the right thing.

Don’t let the world control you! Go out and do good. Seize the day and do right. Break the rules when the rules are wrong. Damn the torpedoes and do what is necessary to protect those that need your intervention.

Watch and learn. If you can’t do that, you’re pathetic.


176 posted on 04/22/2017 2:09:23 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

We are just going to see this differently. If I had been on the plane I would have gotten in his face and told him to shut up and get back in his seat, so he doesn’t end up delaying the whole flight.

I fly much more than most people and see guys like this all the time. They shout at the female staff and other female passengers the same way he did this tiny gay guy. They are always looking to try to intimidate people. Doesn’t work with me - I am not a sheep and don’t tolerate boorish behavior like this. You may like to shut up and stay quiet around bullies based on your posts to me, but I don’t.


177 posted on 04/22/2017 2:58:40 PM PDT by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: RFEngineer

“...Watch the video again and learn something about how a man reacts to a woman and children being abused. This guy sprung into action ..... He did the right thing - he diverted the attack from the woman and her children to himself. ...”
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To find the “abuse” and “attack” to which you refer, I just watched the video again -— twice. I did not see “a woman and children being abused” I did not see an “attack” to be “diverted”. What I saw were several polite and calm female flight attendants trying to console and calm down a hysterical woman. They seemed to be having some success until your HEROIC FIGURE started the action following which the woman could be heard starting to accelerate her wailing again.

On the video, THERE WAS NO ATTACK ON THE WOMAN FOR YOUR HERO TO AVERT. You are only seeing such an attack in your mind, IMHO.


178 posted on 04/22/2017 4:41:39 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison)
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To: House Atreides

There is no question she was abused by the flight attendant. Witness descriptions state as much.

Watch the video and learn how a man responds to a woman being abused.

Or be your normal beta male self and ignore it, and let real men take charge whenever a situation calls for something important to be done.

Or be a Clinton and rest your argument on semantic ambiguity.

If you don’t see that this was a man doing what needed to be done, then you can audition to be Caitlyn Jenner’s boyfriend, because that’s about all you are good for.

Step aside buddy. Real men will do the important work that you are unwilling or unqualified to do.


179 posted on 04/22/2017 6:20:57 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

My post #178 was calm, impersonal & rational. Your post #179 is personal, irrational & insulting. For all I know, your comments may just reflect the inner demons tormenting your soul. I have no interest in learning anything more about you or your views.


180 posted on 04/22/2017 6:27:38 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison)
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