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Passengers Booted For Juvenile Business Class Seat Stunt On American Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020 8 Comments

No names. No backlinks to their YouTube channel. But I cannot help but to share about a foolish publicity stunt which led to the removal of two passengers from an American Airlines flight.

A Publicity Stunt On American Airlines Goes Wrong

The incident occurred on October 30, 2020 on a flight from Dallas to Miami operated by a Boeing 777-200. After encountering a catering delay, a woman seated in economy class came up to the business class cabin to visit her friend. But rather than return to her seat, she hid under friend’s seat…literally. Specifically, she hid in the footwell of her friend’s seat.

Eventually, but before the flight took off, flight attendants noticed the empty seat in economy class that had been previously occupied. The flight was booked full, so the empty seat stood out. Other passengers told flight attendants she had walked into the forward class cabin during the ground delay.

She apparently was hiding very well, because the crew took to the PA to make an announcement that the missing woman was to return to her seat. She finally emerged from her hiding place only to encounter a round of boos and hisses from other first class passengers. Although she tried to sneak back to her seat, she was busted by flight attendants.

Meanwhile, the captain decided the two ladies were a risk, radioed the tower, and returned the aircraft to the gate.

Upon learning they were being kicked off, the women became incensed. According to a witness, one screamed “that she’s being disrespected, did nothing wrong, she paid good money for her ticket, and that she has a child waiting at home for her.” (and she took her mask off while she was yelling onboard)

Too bad, so sad lady. Both were removed.

And so was a third passenger. The witness also noted:

“In the meantime another pax in Y [economy class] starts to cuss out a FA because of the delay and the police drag him off.”

All in a day’s work.

An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed:

“Before departing on Oct. 30, American Airlines flight 2205 from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Miami International Airport (MIA) returned to the gate at DFW for an issue involving two passengers. The two passengers, traveling together, would not comply with seat assignments during taxi out. Law enforcement met the aircraft at the gate, the two passengers exited the aircraft and the flight departed shortly after.”

The witness added the ladies remarked their was only a harmless publicity stunt for their YouTube channel.

CONCLUSION

When I read about incidents like this, I think of Green Day’s song, American Idiot. If there’s any consolation, at least this incident was not centered on a mask. But juvenile behavior won’t be rewarded with name-dropping. Sorry ladies.

image: American Airlines

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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8 Comments

  1. WR2 Reply
    November 3, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    Narcissistic idiots. Waste 200 people’s time for your self gratification, then pretend you are the victims. The only consolation was that it happened on AA.

  2. debit Reply
    November 3, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    “that she’s being disrespected,”

    This i hear a lot from non white women. If they don’t get their way they say that. Even if their demands are not reasonable.

    I think they over project the lack of power and control they normally have in their lives by demanding and expecting more than reasonable.

    • cargocult Reply
      November 5, 2020 at 2:31 am

      Excuse you!

  3. Dick Bupkiss Reply
    November 3, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    Well done, American Airlines.

    This should just be a start. Zero-tolerance for entitled idiots acting up and acting out. Zero. Make examples of every single one of them. On the no-fly list for life. No exceptions.

    It’s going to take years of strict, no-exceptions enforcement to make people understand that the world does not and will not revolve around their idiotic, self-serving ideas. It’s time to stop coddling the morons.

    • Christian Reply
      November 3, 2020 at 6:47 pm

      +1

  4. Paolo Reply
    November 3, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Not merely juvenile but also criminal. Some of these YouTube/ social media influencers are truly cretinous. This incident seriously inconvenienced others: but no remorse from these dimwits. I think a short spell in prison is justified.

  5. emercycrite Reply
    November 4, 2020 at 4:12 am

    I hope they’ve also been placed on AA’s no-fly list.

  6. TJ Reply
    November 5, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    Not juvenile, not entitled, this is just pure trailer trash that managed to upgrade a ticket and her friend thought she could get a free drink . Call it what it is.

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