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NeoConsSuck

(2,547 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:06 PM Jan 2017

Ex-Sen. D'Amato kicked off flight after rallying passengers against crew [View all]

Source: CNN

New York (CNN)Former New York Sen. Al D'Amato was removed from a delayed New York-bound JetBlue flight on Monday after trying to rally passengers against the flight crew.

JetBlue flight 1002 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally supposed to depart at 1:42 p.m. ET, but six delays pushed the departure time to just after 8:00 p.m.

Once the plane boarded, the pilots informed passengers that 10 of them needed to move from the front to the back of the plane due to weight distribution.

Passenger Layla Delarmelina said six passengers refused and "the captain wasn't doing anything."
Delarmelina said the former senator got up and confronted the people that refused, and then told the captain to just pick people to move.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/al-damato-plane/index.html




There is video at the link.
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Hahahahahahahah annabanana Jan 2017 #1
How much do these people weigh??? HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2
weight and balance tables overrule passenger seating assignments rickford66 Jan 2017 #3
ANYONE who understands aircraft would gladly move to keep plane within weight & balance limits groundloop Jan 2017 #4
I know, right.... dhill926 Jan 2017 #6
Pfft! tenderfoot Jan 2017 #14
Jesus.. I was on a small plane once where they moved a bunch of around for the weight issue nini Jan 2017 #5
So was I Retrograde Jan 2017 #8
he's sorry, they're sorry, let's do the time warp again. wait. forget the last part. n/t orleans Jan 2017 #7
It sounds like he was trying to help get people to move mnhtnbb Jan 2017 #9
Such a short flight, I wonder if they off-loaded some fuel. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #10
yeah, it's not as bad as i thought. i thought he was rallying people to NOT move JI7 Jan 2017 #11
So he's still a dick. hollowdweller Jan 2017 #12
He's a dick because he was trying to get people to move? former9thward Jan 2017 #21
This is what happens when on-board weight shifts in mid-flight: Aristus Jan 2017 #13
Is that what happens when people get up to use the facilities HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #16
Yes. Aristus Jan 2017 #17
That's the video I was thinking of when I read this story... xor Jan 2017 #19
D'Amato ..... how funny that his name should turn up. MADem Jan 2017 #15
Life mimics cartoon. JackRiddler Jan 2017 #18
Good one! Thanks. Judi Lynn Jan 2017 #22
The headline has the facts mixed up. onenote Jan 2017 #20
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