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    Quote Originally Posted by Natfixit:
    And another. It just becomes more ridiculous....US airlines and "protocol".

    Delta throws a passenger off a plane because he used the bathroom during a 30-minute delay on the tarmac in latest PR nightmare for US airlines


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    That was a pretty big WTF moment reading that this morning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cwbguy:
    That was a pretty big WTF moment reading that this morning.
    Read it from a more balanced source instead of Daily Mail and you'll get a less skewed perspective.

    The man decided to get up and go to the loo (multiple times) while the plane was in line for takeoff and wouldn't listen to instructions.
    He didnt get beat up, he was asked to leave and he refused so the pilot told everyone to get off, this plane is not leaving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HowardCoombs:
    Read it from a more balanced source instead of Daily Mail and you'll get a less skewed perspective.

    The man decided to get up and go to the loo (multiple times) while the plane was in line for takeoff and wouldn't listen to instructions.
    He didnt get beat up, he was asked to leave and he refused so the pilot told everyone to get off, this plane is not leaving.
    Sometimes when you gotta go, you gotta go. You and I have no idea whether there was a good reason for that. I have certainly had to get up and go when the seatbelt sign is on. It did appear that the departure had been very delayed. kicking him off the flight seemed excessive.

    This version seems pretty balanced to me - I have not seen the Daily Mail version: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.7067a00abf9f
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    Quote Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:
    This version seems pretty balanced to me - I have not seen the Daily Mail version:
    Fair version.
    I dont see anything wrong done by the crew.
    This wasnt a "get up during seatbelt sign" but rather "get up multiple times during takeoff and landing" -- a bit different.

    Anyway, no one is getting a million dollar settlement out of this one

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    I don't get the kicking people off the plane game. Typical US airline and their attitude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MandM!:
    I don't get the kicking people off the plane game. Typical US airline and their attitude.
    The guy would not leave, the captain didn't want the single guy getting dragged off the plane causing a scene - so he did the next best thing, shut down the plane so everyone had to get off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HowardCoombs:
    The guy would not leave, the captain didn't want the single guy getting dragged off the plane causing a scene - so he did the next best thing, shut down the plane so everyone had to get off.
    the next best thing would have been calling an escort girl - am sure he would have de boarded without issue.

    No imagination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MandM!:
    I don't get the kicking people off the plane game. Typical US airline and their attitude.
    I don't get it either. Man needed to pee. Sat down once when asked. Further delays. Couldn't hold it any longer so had to pee. Then rather than just get on with the flight, someone decides he has to leave. WHY? The poor sod has peed now so is probably not going to be a further problem - Delta just create a delay all of their own by making such a fuss. Plenty of evidence from that article (and similar ones) that the plane was not actually moving at the time... not imminently about to take off... just sitting in a queue.

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    Anyone have any idea what the United settlement might have been? Extremely curious.


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    Quote Originally Posted by HowardCoombs:
    Read it from a more balanced source instead of Daily Mail and you'll get a less skewed perspective.

    The man decided to get up and go to the loo (multiple times) while the plane was in line for takeoff and wouldn't listen to instructions.
    He didnt get beat up, he was asked to leave and he refused so the pilot told everyone to get off, this plane is not leaving.
    Delta passenger says he was kicked off plane for ... - The Straits Times
    http://www.straitstimes.com/.../delt...-for-using-loo

    Try this version. The Straits Times are pretty reliable in reporting.