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Sky-high drunk aborts take-off
From Todays Telegraph
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How did he get on in the FIRST place???
Don't check-in or boarding agents 'screen out' this sort of thing, or is that just with Southwest (Airport USA) in the States?? |
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Well he could have been a good boy when he checked in. Then drank some more while waiting.
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No offence to QF staff either... |
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What p****s me off is that the available fine was $5500, this was supposedly "particularly serious because it was on an aircraft, not in the terminal." and they STILL only fined this clown $750. What does it take to get a DECENT fine?
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you must be rich if you feel $5500 is just petty cash Banjo
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used to fly globally on business, now retired |
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Read the post properly Banjo. He was only fined $750 when the possible maximum was $5500. I'm saying that if this was a serious episode, why wasn't he fined an amount much closer to the maximum allowable?
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This kind of thing happens all the time (drunks being allowed to board). The gate staff are generally gutless and just turn a blind eye in the hope they'll go away, or the crew will sort it out on the aircraft!
It is very time consuming and stressful for all concerned to deny boarding or offload a PAX once they're on or near the aircraft. This has happened to me on several occasions and always results in a delay and inconvenience for our other customers. This kind of attitude by gate staff is unacceptable. They should have thrown the book at both the drunk AND the person/s responsible for letting him through. |
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In my experience and what I have seen, gate staff are not too lazy at all the remove pax from flights that are unfit to fly, whether they are under the influence of alcohol or unwell. I was flying to ADL about a month ago and a pax was clearly unwell to fly the gate staff spoke to the cabin crew they were not happy to carry the pax and they were removed from the flight, as it was clear to the gate staff that the pax was unwell at the boarding gate.
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