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50. For starters...

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #45)

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:32 PM

Apr 2017

1. It is the responsibility of the gate agent to make sure that special exception is relayed to the flight crew, since they can, will, and have been fined for knowingly accepting banned items in the overheads...

2. The captain probably didn't intervene because he arrived in the middle of the situation and didn't want to risk further escalation without knowing the whole story...

3. Mister Tough Guy passenger who threatened the FA (yes, he was out of line too) needs to get his block knocked into the middle of next week...

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American Airlines opens investigation into employee who hit woman with baby stroller [View all] Dammit Jim Apr 2017 OP

Watched the video. DK504 Apr 2017 #1

Verbatim: FigTree Apr 2017 #2

The airlines need to fire a lot of people from management on down Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #3

they have to deal with a society of people who are bat shit crazy every day. YOHABLO Apr 2017 #5

There is no bat shit like Southwest Airlines in or out of Las Vegas bat shit Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #6

That is no excuse...if you can't deal with the public then get a different job. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #30

TMZ posted an account of what went down based on another passenger's account of what politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2017 #41

Except that isn't what happened -- AA has admitted the gate agent told the woman she could board obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #44

kudos to the nice male passenger who stood up to that brute flight attendant onetexan Apr 2017 #18

do you have a link to the video? YOHABLO Apr 2017 #4

Cellphone Recording Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #8

While what that flight attendant did PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #7

You left out, passengers trying to put bags/items in several overhead mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #9

Yes. People try to bring on board PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #11

The airlines have it backwards: should be if you check your baggage LuckyLib Apr 2017 #12

I think you are on to something JenniferJuniper Apr 2017 #14

Oh - the overhead bins! spiderpig Apr 2017 #19

I am glad someone is raising this. There is no video that I have seen shows chelsea0011 Apr 2017 #29

No, wrong, strollers do not ahve to be checked obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #47

The car seat is supposed to go in a seat, and the baby in that. LeftyMom Apr 2017 #40

AA has admitted the gate agent told the woman she could board obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #46

I'm sure that's part of it. Overworked employees, coping with all sorts Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #15

There is no excuse for the behavior of the American employee...he almost Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #31

This obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #48

I think we've all had bad days at work... even brutal days that we've stressed out on. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #51

The flight attendent's responsiblity was to de-escalate the situation Lurks Often Apr 2017 #10

The female flight attendant was doing a pretty good job, if you watch her. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #16

If one of the pilots was the one observing LompocDem Apr 2017 #23

Could be. I don't know the specific duties of each of the crew. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #24

I don't have knowledge of this also LompocDem Apr 2017 #27

I think so, too. They present a picture that is incomplete sometimes. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #32

He acted about how I think a Captain should act. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2017 #37

I agree LompocDem Apr 2017 #43

That's hard to watch. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #13

Sounds like when he agressively grabbed the stroller, he hurt the mother. womanofthehills Apr 2017 #26

Yeah...he's in trouble. He lost control. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #34

Kick for exposure! red dog 1 Apr 2017 #17

You have to have damages for a lawsuit. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #35

"Damages for emotional distress are awarded in very specific circumstances,.. red dog 1 Apr 2017 #38

According to the OP, the flight attendant, as he (angrily) took the stroller from the woman, red dog 1 Apr 2017 #39

I was thinking of actual physical harm, like teeth knocked out. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #42

That's assault -- of course you can get damages for that obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #49

Congrats airline management, this is what you created. Xolodno Apr 2017 #20

There are rules and people tend to break the rules for their own convenience. YOHABLO Apr 2017 #21

I do want to see the attendant lose his job - he just missed injuring a baby womanofthehills Apr 2017 #25

She went through all the check ins with the stroller. So they allowed it... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #33

Her first language did not seem to be English. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #36

Another Trump humper Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #22

Anytime humans are involved, there is bound to be trouble. The world has become democratisphere Apr 2017 #28

AA has admitted the gate agent told the woman she could board obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #45

For starters... Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #50

Where was the woman from? itcfish Apr 2017 #52