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Alec Baldwin kicked off American Airlines flight in L.A.
The New Yoork Daily News ^ | 12-06-11 | Nancy Dillon, Katie Nelson & Frank Digiacomo

Posted on 12/06/2011 3:37:30 PM PST by Lazlo in PA

Alec Baldwin was booted from an American Airlines flight Tuesday after some turbulence with a flight attendant.

“Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving,” the actor said in a Twitter message after the incident.

The “30 Rock” star added a hashtag saying it was “no wonder” the airline recently declared bankruptcy.

“But, oddly, 30 Rock plays in-flight on American,” he said in a later tweet, this time promoting competing airline United with the hashtag “#theresalwaysunited.”

The cabin confrontation started when a flight staffer scolded Baldwin for playing the addictive Scrabble-like game on his iPad while the airplane was still at the gate, not moving, a source familiar with the situation told the Daily News.

He later demanded the flight attendant’s name, and the conflict escalated, the source said.

The actor, 53, was being rebooked on a later American Airlines flight after his removal, Baldwin tweeted.

Word of the ejection spread at supersonic speed as other passengers posted on Twitter, apparently committing the same offense as Baldwin.

“On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait,” tweeted Michael J. Wolfe, a former president at MTV.

Grant Cardone, an LA-based sales expert and author, was at LAX when airline employees told one another about the heave-ho.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alecbaldwin; americanairlines; pompousassalert
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I am sure all the other passengers where happy to return to the gate because of this man of the people.
1 posted on 12/06/2011 3:37:38 PM PST by Lazlo in PA
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To: Lazlo in PA

“Don’t you know who I am?”


2 posted on 12/06/2011 3:39:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Hopefully it was mid-flight.


3 posted on 12/06/2011 3:41:11 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Lazlo in PA

I wonder if he played the Do-You-Know-Who-I-Am card...


4 posted on 12/06/2011 3:41:23 PM PST by Veggie Todd (I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“No, but I know WHAT you are.”


5 posted on 12/06/2011 3:42:40 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I've tried to think like a liberal, but I can't get my head far enough up my behind...)
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To: Lazlo in PA

If a..holes could fly, Hollywood would be an airport.


6 posted on 12/06/2011 3:45:17 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: Lazlo in PA

Rules are for the little people.


7 posted on 12/06/2011 3:45:28 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Maybe he should start making commercials for Preparation H.
“Do you have a pain your Alec Baldwin? Try Preparation H!”


8 posted on 12/06/2011 3:46:12 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

hilarious


9 posted on 12/06/2011 3:49:25 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Lazlo in PA

I wonder if he called the flight attendant a pig like he did his daughter.


10 posted on 12/06/2011 3:52:38 PM PST by Mountain Mary (One Nation Under God...There I said it.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

11 posted on 12/06/2011 3:53:08 PM PST by Magnum44 (Terrorism is a disease, precise application of superior firepower is the cure)
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To: Lazlo in PA

He obviously fought with the attendant over something minor. They didn’t throw him off for playing the game. He’s always been “volatile”.


12 posted on 12/06/2011 3:54:12 PM PST by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Lazlo in PA

YOU ARW WOLTHRESS AREC BARDWIN!


13 posted on 12/06/2011 3:54:41 PM PST by yup2394871293
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To: Lazlo in PA

“The non-stop to France is at Gate B.”


14 posted on 12/06/2011 3:55:04 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I’d chip in a dollar for a one-way for him.


15 posted on 12/06/2011 3:57:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Simple: When departing, if the door of the plane is closed, and you are not in the air above 10K; all electronics are off.

Alec as in A-hole.

Smart Alec.

First Class A-hole.


16 posted on 12/06/2011 3:58:08 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: Lazlo in PA

I’ve never heard anything positive about this man’s character. People won’t even lie about him.


17 posted on 12/06/2011 4:01:16 PM PST by Spok (Who Is Samuel Zemurray?)
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To: Lazlo in PA

They shoulda thrown him under the bus.


18 posted on 12/06/2011 4:01:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Mountain Mary

I’m still laughing!!!


19 posted on 12/06/2011 4:02:41 PM PST by FES0844
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To: Lazlo in PA
scolded Baldwin for playing the addictive Scrabble-like game on his iPad while the airplane was still at the gate, ....“On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate

Ummm...were they at the gate or not?

20 posted on 12/06/2011 4:04:57 PM PST by Mr. Bird
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