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Vote for the worst airline employee ever
In all honesty, most airline employees are fine, sensible sorts--stellar even. They are the type that you can count on to get you from here to there with as little fuss and muss as possible. However, there are exceptions and in those cases, the mistakes can be doozies.
Rick Seaney has been keeping track of the airline employee stories that have created head shakes and eye-rolls. The "How stupid can a person be?" stories. These are the six stories he has come up with that are the worst of the bad. Read them and laugh. Or weep. And then vote for which airline employee you think is the worst of the worst. We'll keep track of what you think.
- Airline employee who escorts a child to the wrong airplane, thus sends the little darling to the wrong destination. Here's the latest one of those stories we've posted about in the past
- Baggage handler who falls asleep in the cargo hold and ends up taking off with the plane. The last guy who did this had an unusual ride to Boston from JFK.
- Pilot who begins slurring his speech during the take-off announcement and scares the heck out of passengers so much that they demand that he return them to the terminal. We caught those details here.
- Airline employee who helps a friend get a gun on board.
- Truck driver who drives an airport vehicle across the tarmac in front of moving airplanes.
- Baggage handler who steals loot from bags and sells bounty on EBay.
Seany's ABC News article, along with giving details about each of the mishaps, provides tips on how to avoid these airline employees if you can help it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alex Jun 26th 2009 11:35AM
Truck on an active runway wins hands-down - This little mishap came the closest by far to causing a major accident, not to mention runway incursions are the FAA's number one commercial aviation safety concern.
steve326m Jun 27th 2009 12:42AM
They're all bad. It was actually hard to decide the worst. I did finally choose the one who stole from the bags because aside from the fees, theft of valuables is the biggest concern of those who would otherwise check their luggage thus freeing up the overhead bins for legitimate carry on bags. Thank you...God Bless....
Joe Jun 27th 2009 2:37PM
U.S. Airways!!!!!!!!! Hostile assenine, cancelled my flight 5 times in a day, LET THE PLAE GO EARLY, Bumped me OUT of First Class tickets I PAID FOR, GAVE my seat away! (TOO MUCH ELSE TO MENTION HERE) It's a good thing guns aren't allowed in Airports!!!!!
American Airlines, HUNDEREDS of flights NEVER A PROBLEM!!!
hello asca Jun 27th 2009 4:33PM
putting a child on the wrong plane, thankfully nothing bad happened but there are a multitude of bad things that could have, I feel that if there is an unescourted minor to be put on a plane he or she would be taken on the plane my a flight attendant ahead of all other passangers to ensure the kid gets onthe right plane and everything is checked, double checked and checked again to ensure the kid is there they are supposed to be
John Jun 28th 2009 12:28AM
I decided based on which of these incidents one can survive and which is life threatening according to the information given...a child can be cared for, tracked and returned from an incorrect destination...a baggage handler can 'stow away' without harm to anyone else...A captain slurring speech and scaring customers could be a poor joke and there is a co-pilot to override his actions...the gun could belong to a detective, a police officer or just a responsible sportsman and not neccessarily a 'terrorist' (just because the gun goes onboard doesn't mean it is used onboard...however, a truck driver driving across a runway that is in operation!? An entire planeload of lives is at stake, he is a regular offender and he is in an stand alone, uncontrolled position to perpetrate at any given moment! That wins my rationale for a vote!
MarineMom Jun 27th 2009 9:11PM
As a parent of a TSA officer, you should hear about some of the "worst " passengers. One of them had the audacity to announce very boldly, " I'm exempt from all searches" and then she repeated that again to my son when he looked at her and said "what?"
He would have not even stopped her except her stupid remark was a red flag to
be searched. They found a large amount of marijuana taped to her thigh. She was not too smart.