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Schnooks on a Plane
Last Friday afternoon, flying Ottawa to Detroit on my way to OVFF. There's a guy two rows behind me who unfastens his seat belt while the plane is still ascending. The flight attendant tells him to do it up again, and he refuses. Gives her the finger. When the plane is starting its descent, she tells him again to fasten it, and he tells her that he doesn't know how, and tells her to do it up for him. She tells him, "I can't do that." While the plane is taxiing to the gate, the pilot again tells everyone to keep their seat belts fastened. The attendant checks, and again tells the guy to do his up; he refuses.
Well, it's one way of getting off the plane before any of the other passengers. In the company of a large Detroit police officer, who is professionally a jerk. "YOU GOT PROBLEMS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, MR. [XXXX]?"
It is, of course, a federal offense to refuse to follow instructions of flight crew. And since the guy was kind of swarthy and middle-eastern-looking, I wouldn't be surprised if he were to start encountering other complications in his life. Not that his appearance or heritage should make a difference there (just being the asshole that he is would be sufficient), but these days, in the U.S., they do make a difference.
Monday afternoon, flying Columbus to Detroit on the way back to Ottawa. The flight is without incident but passengers start getting up and grabbing luggage while the plane is still moving at speed on the ground. The pilot stops the plane and tells everyone to sit back down and do up their seat belts, that the plane will not proceed until they've done so. Most sit back down; one heads for the washroom. And the plane just sits there, passengers getting annoyed, until the guy comes back from the washroom and sits back in his seat.
No charges there, as far as I know. Maybe the guy just suddenly really REALLY needed to go, and couldn't wait a couple of minutes. But... sheesh.
Is there something about passengers going to Detroit?
Well, it's one way of getting off the plane before any of the other passengers. In the company of a large Detroit police officer, who is professionally a jerk. "YOU GOT PROBLEMS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, MR. [XXXX]?"
It is, of course, a federal offense to refuse to follow instructions of flight crew. And since the guy was kind of swarthy and middle-eastern-looking, I wouldn't be surprised if he were to start encountering other complications in his life. Not that his appearance or heritage should make a difference there (just being the asshole that he is would be sufficient), but these days, in the U.S., they do make a difference.
Monday afternoon, flying Columbus to Detroit on the way back to Ottawa. The flight is without incident but passengers start getting up and grabbing luggage while the plane is still moving at speed on the ground. The pilot stops the plane and tells everyone to sit back down and do up their seat belts, that the plane will not proceed until they've done so. Most sit back down; one heads for the washroom. And the plane just sits there, passengers getting annoyed, until the guy comes back from the washroom and sits back in his seat.
No charges there, as far as I know. Maybe the guy just suddenly really REALLY needed to go, and couldn't wait a couple of minutes. But... sheesh.
Is there something about passengers going to Detroit?
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You'd think stuff like that only happened on tv?
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I heard later that this isn't uncommon.
It's also Chicago
On my flight from Madison to Chicago last spring I was sitting next to a priest (or a priest impersonator wearing the collar). Everytime the flight attendant did the "please turn off electronic devices" shpiel he would pull his blackberry out of his suit pocket, check it, and then put it back in his pocket still on.
It turns out that this doesn't necessarily crash the plane, it just annoys the person sitting next to you.
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I'm ever amazed by people. It might be entertaining to be
the first guy and clearly no longer have any care for censuring
yourself or thinking of the consequences. I have no idea how you
would actually achieve that short or actual psychosis.
T.