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innerSpaceman 08-12-2009 05:20 PM
I don't know if this is true, but when I first (over)heard the story yesterday, it was stated that the airline offered the passengers a free ...


and I was expecting to hear the word "flight," but was aghast when instead I heard the word "beverage."


If true ... WTF???

BarTopDancer 08-12-2009 06:10 PM
The airport manager said that there was no reason they shouldn't have been allowed back in the terminal. At the time, the reason they weren't allowed back in the terminal was due to insufficient staff since nearly everyone had left for the night.

Cadaverous Pallor 08-12-2009 08:39 PM
If I were on the plane, after 4 hours I would have called the media, no f'n around.

3894 08-13-2009 06:38 AM
Sometimes, you just have to wonder at human beings ...

Quote:
Despite anger and frustration, the passengers stuck overnight Friday aboard a packed 50-seat jet on the tarmac at the Rochester, Minn., airport didn't revolt. They didn't even ask to get off the plane.
"Everybody was tired and wiped out, and nobody spoke up," says Link Christin, a passenger who says he felt "imprisoned" for 5½ hours on Continental Express Flight 2816. "I wish I would have been cogent enough to go to a flight attendant and say we need to go into the terminal for chairs, light, food and drink."
Source is here. There's a short sidebar video at the link from another flight that sat on the tarmac with no air. Infants, old people, hours, summer heat, no air. Can't wait to see it, right?

Stan4dSteph 08-13-2009 06:59 AM
I've been on Continental Express planes (that are operated by Express Jet). They are very small. I would have been tweeting like crazy. And calling the local news. And CNN.

Cadaverous Pallor 08-13-2009 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 3894 (Post 295254)
Sometimes, you just have to wonder at human beings ...



Source is here. There's a short sidebar video at the link from another flight that sat on the tarmac with no air. Infants, old people, hours, summer heat, no air. Can't wait to see it, right?
I just read the whole article and I think it's worth everyone's time. Passengers currently have no rights to ask for anything - food, air, clean toilets even. As soon as you are on the plane you are at the whim of the pilot and the company. Rabble rousing can land you in big trouble.

Looks like this latest story is giving the Passenger Bill of Rights some traction in Congress. Boxer is interested. There are a ton of other news sites covering the story.

Chernabog 08-13-2009 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 295186)
and I was expecting to hear the word "flight," but was aghast when instead I heard the word "beverage."


If true ... WTF???
Well, if it works for Obama.... :evil:

3894 08-13-2009 09:28 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 295265)
Passengers currently have no rights to ask for anything - food, air, clean toilets even.
It's like we're cargo.

3894 08-13-2009 10:48 AM
This story is really under my skin. The latest:

Quote:
Furthermore, the airline apologized to the passengers on the flight and offered them a full refund for their entire trip and a certificate good for future travel.
Source. Bolding is mine. Like any of those passengers is ever going to set foot on a Continental flight again. Watch for a flurry of Continental vouchers on ebay, I guess.

And, in case your appetite for airplane travel has been whetted, Jet Blue will sell you an all-you-can-fly pass good between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8, $599.

innerSpaceman 08-13-2009 10:58 AM
Well, it's what I would have expected. Better than a beverage.

Were you expecting them to offer the passengers a profit of $500 each? I don't think anything other than comping the distastrous flight they were on and offering some of the company's own services would be possible.

Sheesh.


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