According to this morning's interview with the fellow traveler, not even one of the other passengers in first class corroborates the flight attendant's reason for filing the complaint.
She was probably upset at the proposed cuts in Medicare.
Just out of curiosity, what race was the flight attendant?
I think the passenger can sue this lady for defamation. Especially since she filed false statements to the FAA. If he has 5 witnesses I would have her pummeled in federal court.
They're next.
Jees! I started reading this thinking he was one of the “me first” prima donnas that are unfortunately all too common on flights these days, but nothing could be further from the truth. All the witnesses backed up his story.
What a witch! The flight attendant needs to be fired, no re-assigned.
As a AA EXPLAT myself I have been following this with great interest since Koss blogged about it.
On our Frequent Flyers forums (like flyer talk) this is all the talk.
This is NOT untypical of AA Flight Attendants. I (along with countless other Elite AA travellers) may have not had such a bad incident, but more than enough I have been treated like dirt by the highly unionized Flight Attendants.
It is now so bad in the front cabins of AA, that most of the elite (ie... frequent fliers) travelers now know what buttons not to push.
Great things NOT to ask an AA flight attendant:
1. Pre takeoff drink (which used to be the norm)
2. Delayed dinner (in case you want to take a nap)
3. Immigration documents (in case you are flying to another country. AA is supposed to hand them out, but mostly they dont)
4. Any connecting gate information
Basically, attitude is “shut up and sit down and dont talk oherwise you are a terrorist and we have carte blanche authority to report you”
Osama bin Laden must be laughing now with his goat seeing how he has once again managed to screw America
Asking for a glass of OJ's serious, huh.
Having an old bag either suffering a serious bout of PMS, burnout or both is a LOT more serious a threat. To AAs.
Reed must use every FF mile with AAs he has, ASAP.
Afterward Reed would need his head examined if he flew AAs ever again.
Yet another in a growing list citing inmates running the institution. LOL
Saw the F & F interview also. One of the most interesting things was John the Passenger said after the FA went off on him she said, “ Is this the first time you’ve ever been in 1st Class?” She also asked him to come to the front of the plane by the cockpit door so she could talk to him in private, but the passengers told him not to go because he wouldn’t have a witness. They also said if she felt threatened by this passenger, why would she want to get him to a private location. This FA needs some customer service refresher training.
The flight attendant should be fired, period.
Next time bring a headwrap, prayer rug, and start chanting in a funny language. You’ll get your orange juice and whatever you want. There will be no agents waiting for you when you land.
One look at the guy and you know why this happened. WHITE.
Why I avoid American Airlines.