TYT’s Cenk Uygur booted from American Airlines flight because pilot wasn’t ‘comfortable'

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60. Well...

As much as I hate to do it...he needed to shut up.

First, the staff at the gate can't miraculously make an aircraft appear, so whatever happened to the aircraft that was to be used for the LAX-MIA flight (delayed inbound, weather, mechanical) is beyond their (including a "supervisor&quot control. FYI...decisions to replace or change aircraft (virtually impossible because all aircraft are scheduled to just keep going. Also with a variety in aircraft capacities, it really fucks up flights) are made from the carrier's Technical Operations Centers, NEVER locally...American's center is probably still in the DFW area, so throwing a fit with demands while at LAX is going no place.

Throwing an endless tantrum is indeed only going to get you removed...the rant can spread like a disease among passengers and can be actually dangerous once in the air...it needs to be stopped. If it's deemed that he will interfere with the safe operation of the flight or in the duties of pilots or flight attendants, it is a violation of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and they will be removed from the flight. He seriously must have been out of control as such decisions are not taken lightly by any airline.

If my search was correct:

Friday, April 8, 2016

AA 1538

Departing LAX: Scheduled 11:56PM / Actual 03:32AM

Arrive MIA: Scheduled 07:51AM / Actual 11:08AM

So the flight departed 3 hours and 36 minutes late.

Also, at that hour, there are simply not going to be any alternative flights on any airline. Short of a rebook on Saturday, the only option was the delayed aircraft.

I would not recommend doing what he did and am glad that they did not let him onboard...