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athena

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11. If you read the article,
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 12:25 PM
Apr 2017

the flight attendants also refused to help the woman themselves so that her daughter could remain in her seat.

She claimed staff would not allow Mrs Orquiza's daughter Rose, who was also on the flight in Economy class, to help her with tasks such as reclining her seat or opening her food unless she paid for a Business Class ticket as well.

Neither would staff themselves help the fragile passenger, the family claim.

They claim they were left with no choice but to move Mrs Orquiza out of Business and into Economy so her daughter could assist her, despite having paid for extra comfort.


In the United States of Sociopathy, it is unheard of that anyone would inconvenience themselves to help an elderly person. Old people should just die, or at least know not to travel.

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This could have killed her. forgotmylogin Apr 2017 #1
They bought one Business class ticket exboyfil Apr 2017 #2
Thats because people never leave their seats on a 16 hour flight n2doc Apr 2017 #3
Isn't it reccommended to get up and walk in the aisles on a long plane journey? Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #4
Yep. n2doc Apr 2017 #5
You're Kidding, Right? ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #6
Agreed exboyfil Apr 2017 #7
Cool! ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #13
Hawaii almost killed me exboyfil Apr 2017 #15
Edited. athena Apr 2017 #8
Bull shit. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2017 #10
Since 9/11, airlines do not allow passengers to go from one seating class to another SFnomad Apr 2017 #12
I doubt very much that that's for safety. athena Apr 2017 #18
Well, that sucks! However, they did it MineralMan Apr 2017 #9
If you read the article, athena Apr 2017 #11
I'm not excusing United Airlines. MineralMan Apr 2017 #14
These people don't realize that they, too, will be old and in need of assistance one day. athena Apr 2017 #19
Well, I'm not one of those people. I'm 71 years old, myself. MineralMan Apr 2017 #20
I wasn't talking about you. athena Apr 2017 #21
That Part I'm Finding A Little Less Compelling ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #16
I find it totally plausible. athena Apr 2017 #17
Fair Enough ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #22
I know for a fact that "non-airline" Emirates Txbluedog Apr 2017 #23
I have refused to fly United since a transatlantic flight in 2012 GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #24
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