NY flight canceled after flight attendants get into fistfight

[MegaRock]

A flight from Rochester, N.Y., to Atlanta was canceled on Thursday after two flight attendants got into a fist fight, YNN Rochester reported.

Two female flight attendants "got into a fistfight on the plane," said passenger Steve Mazur, according to the Web site. "The pilot decided to kick everyone off the plane."

"They told us we had to get off the plane because stewardesses were fighting," said passenger Corey Minton.

The Delta Connection flight was operated by Pinnacle Airlines, which has suspended the two women while an investigation is conducted, the site reported.

"The acts described are not acceptable," said Joe Williams, a spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines.

Passengers were reportedly placed on other flights.

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I hope someone posts this on youtube.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587474,00.html

[swingdjted]

If I had been scheduled to ride on that plane... I think I would have lost my temper and gotten in lots of trouble for retaliating against the bitches that delayed my scheduled transportation. The selfish twats couldn't handle their personal matters during their personal time, so a plane full of people get redirected. Cunts.

I'm not sexist, I swear...

It's just that despite being rather easy going, my patience and tolerance is at an all time low when traveling on commercial airlines.

[rockouthippie]

I think it sort of depends on which Airline it is. Where Delta Airline stewardesses fighting might be fun, Southwest Airlines flight attendants can be used as a personal flotation device in a water landing.

Some days it just seems like getting blown up by terrorists wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen to you in a day.

[swingdjted]

Perhaps it's a control issue. When driving, no matter what happens, I'm the one that has to react (or Renee if she's driving), and I somehow stomach the consequences of the situation better when we're the ones that helped determine them, even if less desirable than a related event with airline travel. Also, a longer driving trip often feels shorter and less annoying than a flight and layovers, so I try and drive everywhere I can instead of flying unless it's something crazy like 2500 miles or more. Over the holiday break, Renee and I drove well over 900 miles to see our families in a day (and 900 more back after), and had far less stress than some crazy O'Hare holiday connection, complete with cancellations, delays, lost luggage, etc. in addition to baggage fees, price-gouging parking costs, and the molestation of security. To hell with that.

I'll save a lot of money driving - carrying more luggage, on my schedule, no parking or security, better seats and overall environment control, no gas-passing dude that just ate a nice helping of chili sitting beside me, comfortable sleeping when I'm not the driver, unrestricted device usage (when not driving of course), while complaining only about the price of gasoline and windshield wiper fluid (yes, too lazy to make my own).

I went plenty overboard on my last post here, but I'm sure others have similar sentiments. I would have been more abusive with my language had it been pilots. These are people that need to heal the wounds of the public's views toward air travel and yet they make it worse. I hope the people involved get stuck with jobs where they depend on tips for income. Maybe that will teach them how to act in public.

[rockouthippie]

I think road trips like that are hard on a car and it's certainly more dangerous than flying. Putting 1800 miles on a car isn't without cost either. Near misses on road trips over the years give me pause.

If it's more than a 4 hour drive, I usually fly.

[swingdjted]

Well, there's proof that flying is clearly safer, but highway mileage is having less and less of an impact as cars get newer. With the vehicles I drive, I cruise at anywhere between 65 and 80 mph depending on the state and it's posted limit, and their 5-speed automatics do that at or under 2,000 rpms. The guys from Car Talk (a silly but interesting radio show/newspaper column) recommend 2 hours of driving and then 10-15 minutes of rest for older vehicles (and also for the driver too), and I think I follow that pretty well without even meaning to, despite the vehicles being pretty new. Usually it's the restroom or gas tank telling us to stop, but sometimes something catches the eye giving me reason to take an exit and shoot some pictures.

I don't believe that I've ever let go of a vehicle due to something that was directly or even remotely the result of distance driving wear and tear:
'85 Volvo - no garage, exposed to too much city-driving road salt ~ rusted to death (non-body was pretty much perfect), just over 200K miles. Doors, wheel wells, rocker panels, fenders, floor, exhaust, you name it, it rusted.
'91 Toyota micro-pickup drove 266,000 miles, many of which were pulling trailer loads of firewood or a large boat that were illegally much too heavy for it up and down mountains, lots of teenage/college shenanigans (popping clutch/rough shifting every damn time), hit a few deer (2 at one time, one on a separate occasion) ~ new clutch at around 170K, and at 266, original tranny finally died, rest of truck was fine except just a couple inconspicuous hints of rust and a dirty interior; decided to trade it in; probably should have just rebuilt the tranny. I loved that little thing. It was a load of fun and seemed indestructible.
'99 Tundra - was still in perfect mechanical shape when I sold it to a bud in South Dakota that gave me an offer I couldn't refuse when it wasn't even for sale (quite a bit more than it was worth); only had about 78K on it when I let it go. It's only problems were lots of clear-coat imperfections due to being in the woods and brush so much - stuff that didn't make it to the bare metal that you could see when light reflected off it. It also had countless little dings/mini-dents inside the bed from throwing shit in so much.
Camry (still have it) other than some body blemishes that are my own damn fault, it runs and feels new at 120,000+; I'm hoping to double that before I let it go.
Tacoma (just got it in July) isn't a year old yet; too early to tell what it's fate will be. I think it has around 12,600 miles so far. No dings in this bed though - the composite material is a true godsend - takes some pretty brutal abuse without dinging or cracking. My goal on this is 300,000 miles, but I have no way of knowing if I'll ever make that. Living in the booneys racks them up pretty quickly though.

Basically, not to get too far off track, I'm saying that if anything kills or even hurts a car of mine (for me at least), it isn't distance driving.

Wait, wasn't this thread about delayed planes due to a flight attendant fight? oops. Sorry guys. I'll go away now.

[rockouthippie]

I've just hit too many gators and made too many mistakes over the years to feel real happy about driving more than a few hours in a day. Daylight is your friend. I will admit modern cars have 1 big advantage. A LOT better tires.

OK, so these gals get in a fist fight and because of security issues at the airport the flight gets cancelled. Welcome to 2010. In 2000, they would have wiped up the blood and brought you a drink.

So, who got caught sleeping with whose husband? People are going to make an ass out of themselves sometimes. Like anyone hasn't?

In a post 9-11 world, we are going to have to make some allowances for human nature. In this case, 2 bimbos who wanted to knock each others block off,

Passengers are crying for blood, but after all, it's just a couple bimbos blowing a gasket. We should treat it as such. Not like a terror attack.

[swingdjted]

Originally posted by rockouthippie
OK, so these gals get in a fist fight and because of security issues at the airport the flight gets cancelled. Welcome to 2010. In 2000, they would have wiped up the blood and brought you a drink.

Yeah, I'd have to agree, and considering how easily airline problems get big press and lots of anxiety these days, I don't see it changing for the better soon. If it were a little more like the way you describe about 2000, I might be more willing to fly on a regular basis.

Damnit you fixed my derailment.

[rockouthippie]

What I read about this now is that the "altercation" was not more than verbal according to some witnesses.

I guess it doesn't take a hell of a lot to tie up a plane with security concerns anymore. I just take my wallet and a book when I fly.

What pisses me off at the airport and government buildings.... LOOK IDIOT... YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR! Why is it taking 5 minutes to find all your metal? You'll go along just fine with 4 or 5 people clearing the metal detector in ten seconds or less..... then proving there's jokers in every crowd.....

[swingdjted]

Don't get me started. There are good and bad things about me, but getting me going on air travel frustrations can turn me into a real asshole on a whole new level.

[rockouthippie]

I always had pretty good luck getting where I was going. I mostly fly down the coast to California, and under about any circumstances, I'd rather fly an hour or two than drive 10-12.

I could see where my usual flights in west coast weather might be less frustrating. Usually nothing is more than slightly delayed and packed in like sardines. The biggest thing is usually a choppy flight, which usually doesn't bother me a lot.

Winter sometimes leaves no choice, because sometimes it's impossible to drive to California in the winter, at least in any sort of reasonable way. You can almost always fly and if you can't... driving isn't even an option....

It's possible that you haven't had one of those terrible travel incidents involving automobile travel. I've had both kinds. Automobile related things can be a lot more dire than getting stranded in the airport lounge drinking Spanish coffee.