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Old 03-09-2017, 09:42 AM
 
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Tired of venting over Trump? This will really get your blood boiling.

From Yahoo News - Los Angeles (AFP) - A flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu was diverted to Los Angeles on Wednesday after a passenger refused to pay $12 for a blanket and was accused of being unruly, police said.

The incident unfolded after the Hawaiian Airlines flight took off from Las Vegas and the passenger -- a 66-year-old man -- requested a blanket as he was cold, Officer Rob Pedregon, a spokesman for the Los Angeles airport police, told AFP.

When told he would have to fork out $12 for the blanket, the unidentified man got upset and demanded to speak to a corporate representative from the airline, Pedregon said.

"During the in-flight call he allegedly said 'I would like to take someone behind the woodshed for this' and the pilot deemed that to be threatening behavior and ordered that the plane be diverted to Los Angeles," he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-bo...005436768.html

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Flying used to be a treat, now it's just a chore with the airlines competing to outdo each other with poor service.
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Old 03-09-2017, 09:45 AM
 
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Wow, that pilot really wanted to get back to the tables. How behind was he?
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:43 PM
 
Location: Kūkiʻo, HI & Manhattan Beach, CA
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Tired of venting over Trump? This will really get your blood boiling.

From Yahoo News - Los Angeles (AFP) - A flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu was diverted to Los Angeles on Wednesday after a passenger refused to pay $12 for a blanket and was accused of being unruly, police said.

The incident unfolded after the Hawaiian Airlines flight took off from Las Vegas and the passenger -- a 66-year-old man -- requested a blanket as he was cold, Officer Rob Pedregon, a spokesman for the Los Angeles airport police, told AFP.

When told he would have to fork out $12 for the blanket, the unidentified man got upset and demanded to speak to a corporate representative from the airline, Pedregon said.

"During the in-flight call he allegedly said 'I would like to take someone behind the woodshed for this' and the pilot deemed that to be threatening behavior and ordered that the plane be diverted to Los Angeles," he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-bo...005436768.html

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Flying used to be a treat, now it's just a chore with the airlines competing to outdo each other with poor service.
Considering that the inflight pillow and blanket set on Hawaiian Airlines only costs $10, there might be a little more to this story...
https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/our...hana-snack-bar
Hawaiian Air diverts flight after upset passenger
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:45 PM
 
Location: USA
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Lousy liberals! Ruining everything.

Or maybe he was conservative?

Lousy conservatives! Ruining everything.
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Charging for checked luggage means more overhead bags which means less room for blankets and pillows which means charging for blankets and pillows.
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:51 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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Did he make it out from behind the woodshed?
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Old guy has multiple layers, including a hoodie and a hat, and is still cold?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApYrahjXII
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:55 PM
 
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I mean, comon, clearly justified. Just think how much damage a terrorist could do with a woodshed on a plane...
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Amazed this wasn't American Airlines.
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Old 03-09-2017, 02:01 PM
 
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Just make new TSA guidelines that all passengers will have blankets inserted rectally at the preflight security checkpoint and then no one will have to ask for one. They gonna get up in there eventually anyway might as well get a free blanket out of it.
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