A woman held up a JetBlue flight after her request to a move to seat in the front of the plane was apparently denied and she did not like the “attitude” of the flight attendants.
Woman Holds Up JetBlue Flight After Demand For Better Seat Is Denied
Video begins rolling of an argument between a woman seated in a window seat and a member of ground staff (not a flight attendant because he has a walkie-talkie on his belt). If you listen to the exchange, you can see she is not happy and vents that she was not treated with respect.
“The service is not acceptable and I want to speak to a supervisor!”
From what I can gather, she asked to move to a window seat up front, the flight was full, and her request was rebuffed, perhaps not in the most polite way (JetBlue has “EvenMore” extra-legroom economy class seats in the front of the plane, so it may have been a case in which she through she could move to a row up front, perhaps with a middle seat open, and was told it was not possible, or at least not possible unless she paid up).
The video ends with the gate agent walking away, presumably to fetch a supervisor since the passenger made clear she didn’t care that she was holding up the flight and would not tolerate the disrespect. At one point, another passenger offered to switch seats with her and she declined saying, “No, you paid for that seat.”
But really the heart of this video and the primary reason I share it is because of the rolling commentary (not all of it safe for work) of the woman seated across the aisle who took the video. As she explains it, the disgruntled passenger was entitled and rude, demanding a seat up front. Hilariously, she laments that she won’t shut up and is holding everyone up.
The video popped up in my social media feed but was deleted…good thing I saved the video. It is undated so it isn’t clear if this was recent or awhile back, but it is certainly something I have never seen.
Here’s the takeaway: you’re not even entitled to your own seat (every carrier has fine print in their contract of carriage saying they have a right to move your seat) and you certainly are not entitled to move to an open seat.
But here it appears there wasn’t even a seat to move to…that she demanded a better seat that did not even exist (since all were occupied).
If you’re going to make a request onboard, at least make a reasonable one…it’s fine to ask to move seats, but don’t ask to move seats when there are none…
Holding up the flight because you think you are special? They should have removed you from the plane – inconveniencing a lot of other passengers should be “rewarded” by extra special attention
This Karen needs to be slapped until she loses the minimal amount of brain cells that she has and she shuts up once and for all. Of course, if any airline deserves to have this shambling excuse for a human on board, it’s the repulsive, evil B6.
JetBlue isn’t evil. They are a very nice airline to fly on.
Agreed, Sarah. Don’t worry about ORD; he’s… let’s say… a Fine Illinois Brethren (@MaxPower, am I doing this right?)
JetBlue is an excellent airline; they excel at legroom in Economy, live TV, free WiFi, better food/drink, Mint.
B6 is the product of the evil Neelzebub and is the Hometown Airline of the two most disgusting cities on Earth, Noo Yawk and Bahstun, containing the most repulsive examples of Homo sapiens imaginable. And only speak when you’re spoken to, female.
Chicago, not Illinois, 1990. I’ve already told you about this once.
Here, let me prove her wrong with her own argument: “At one point, another passenger offered to switch seats with her and she declined saying, ‘No, you paid for that seat.'” And you paid for the seat you got, so LIVE WITH IT.
DEI and social justice scores dictate that this woman must be allowed to remove anyone with a lower score from their seat and take it for herself, no matter how much they paid for it. The seat shuffling should be allowed to proceed until the whole plane is properly seated and sorted by rank.
It’s always them.
Lots of black folks are also sick and tired of their bad behaviour and the reputational taint that follows therefrom.
It’s always about the “respect”, but apparently that respect flows in one direction only. If you act like a spoiled brat, that’s how people will treat you.
A flight to Tampa was delayed for an hour because a passenger insisted on sitting next to his fiancée:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tampa-passenger-films-couple-delaying-101142891.html
Yes, a passenger can request a seat change, but the airline is not obligated to fulfill this request. Whether your request is accepted depends on the aircraft’s occupancy rate, safety regulations, and the airline’s policies. Always remember that when you purchase an airline ticket, you are paying for transportation between two destinations in a specific travel class – economy, premium economy, business or first – not for a specific seat or aircraft model.
I am so over entitlement and obnoxious behavior today during air travel. Ah, the days when flying was a treat, and people even used to dress up a bit because. Inused to love taking a plane – it was magical. I detest air travel today
you get what you pay for. pay more get more leg room, incline etc. duo not carp if you cheap out and find yourself in a sardine can