Posted on 01/10/2017 2:53:14 PM PST by lafroste
Former New York Sen. Al D'Amato was removed from a delayed New York-bound JetBlue flight on Monday after trying to rally passengers against the flight crew. JetBlue flight 1002 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally supposed to depart at 1:42 p.m. ET, but six delays pushed the departure time to just after 8:00 p.m.
Once the plane boarded, the pilots informed passengers that 10 of them needed to move from the front to the back of the plane due to weight distribution.
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“Don’t you know who I am?”
I read the article, and I agree with Senator D’Amato. Whenever I’m on a flight where they request people to move, I’m usually the first to volunteer. And he’s right. The Captain should grow some balls instead of just sitting in the cockpit waiting for the flight attendants to sort it out.
Thanks!
You obviously didn’t read the article.
It was more like he was rallying the passengers to listen to the captain and move to the back of the plane as requested. He was not against the crew.
Actually, the audio made me laugh. He tried to rally the troops (the passengers) without success. He was quite polite about it unlike his successor, Charles Schumer, who called a flight attendant a “bitch” because he refused to turn off his cell phone.
Another fake headline and fake lede from CNN.
Did you even read the article??? That is exactly what did NOT happen.
Hard to sympathize with the pilot/airline on this one.
I agree with D’Amato. The captain should have gone into the cabin and ordered some people to move back, especially after all of the delays.
I AGREE!
I liked Al when he was senator from NY.
Beats the #### out of what we have now.
Were they forcing the Italians to sit in the back of the Plane?
Maybe D”Amato was sitting with his Wife. I hear he lovingly calls her by her nickname “Rosa”.
They should have kicked off the 6 who refused to move.
What is it with JetBlue passengers lately? First the idiots harassing Ivanka Trump and now this.
An ex United States Senator no less!
CNN headline is deliberately misleading.
Yep. It’s what they do.
The mainstream media is trying to portray this as a Schumer-Democrat-like power play.
He was a good senator and NYers turned against him. Not me. I voted for him.
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