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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElderly woman kicked off Delta flight for looking ill
Before Flight 19 would depart from Detroit to Orlando there was a problem. Hays said a passenger who was next to her decided to talk to the airline crew about her looking tired and drowsy.
"Then she came back and said they've moved us because I might be contagious," said Hays. "Contagious with what?" she wondered.
Shortly after that Hays said she was asked to leave the airplane. She said she was devastated.
"I started crying and crying," she said.
Hays said she was told if she did not cooperate they would call the police to escort her off the aircraft.
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They were) acting like I had leprosy," said Hays. "It was awful I have never been treated like that in my life."
"Then she came back and said they've moved us because I might be contagious," said Hays. "Contagious with what?" she wondered.
Shortly after that Hays said she was asked to leave the airplane. She said she was devastated.
"I started crying and crying," she said.
Hays said she was told if she did not cooperate they would call the police to escort her off the aircraft.
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Read More: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/consumer/2014/08/12/delta-elderly-woman-kicked-off-looked-ill/13968957/
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Elderly woman kicked off Delta flight for looking ill (Original Post)
apples and oranges
Aug 2014
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LoisB
(12,565 posts)1. Added to my list of reasons to not fly Delta.
burrowowl
(18,494 posts)2. Unbelievable!
What idiots!
NBachers
(19,281 posts)3. Who's the snitch who ratted her off?
