Delta flight from Tampa to Minneapolis returns to gate due to passenger mask issue

[marmar]

Makes you wonder if they pulled the same stunt for their rebooked flight today...



https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/delta-flight-from-tampa-to-minneapolis-returns-to-gate-due-passenger-mask-issue/


TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Delta Air Lines flight from Tampa to Minneapolis was delayed for more than an hour Sunday afternoon due to an issue with one of the passengers on board.

The airline sent the following statement to 8 On Your Side:

“Delta flight 1769 departing from Tampa and heading to Minneapolis this afternoon returned to the gate following a mask non-compliance issue with a passenger on board. The flight took off a little more than an hour late. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”

LISA HANNA, DELTA CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Hanna said the passenger and their spouse willingly deplaned and were rebooked for a flight Monday.

[LonePirate]

1. What makes the airline think that passenger won't pull the same crap today?

[onethatcares]

2. charge them for the delay and

each and every other passenger should get a check from them also for delaying them. Let's say $100.00 per.

they could have rented a damn car and drove .

[dawg day]

3. Why rebook them? They're just going to do it again Monday--

... endangering the crew and passengers, forcing a return to the gate, costing no doubt thousands of dollars.

They should be banned from all airlines at least for a year, and fined too.

[SallyHemmings]

4. Let them figure out

Alternative transportation. Entitled assholes.

[lindysalsagal]

5. And their own refusal to remain on board w/o a mask was their own doing. No re -book or

refund. Morons want to waste their own time and money: let them!

[ProfessorGAC]

6. No Charges?

How is this not interfering with flight operations?

[smirkymonkey]

7. So all those people had to be delayed and inconvenienced so that these two entitled

assholes could make some stupid political point?

Fuck them. Put them on the no-fly list for life. People like this are a danger to society and should be punished harshly for their anti-social behavior.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. Their only saving grace was that they "willingly" deplaned.

The FAA says its "strictly enforcing a zero-tolerance policy toward passengers who cause disturbances on flights or fail to obey flight crew instructions in violation of the FAA’s regulations or engage in conduct proscribed by federal law."

In January, FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson signed an order stating that unruly passengers will no longer get warnings under its new "zero-tolerance" policy. Instead, the agency said, it will launch legal enforcement actions. Penalties can includes fines and jail terms for passengers who assault or threaten airline crews or other passengers. In March, the policy was extended indefinitely, just two week before it was set to expire.

Earlier this month [note: the article is dated May 17], the FAA levied a $32,750 fine against a passenger on a JetBlue flight in February who is accused of refusing to wear a face mask, throwing food and an empty alcohol bottle, and grabbing and striking two flight attendants. The plane was turned around after the incident.

Airlines say they've had more than 1,300 unruly passengers this year. Many of the cases involve passengers who appear intoxicated or refuse to wear face masks.

FAA Cracking Down on Unruly Passengers With Sky High Fines
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/faa-cracking-down-on-unruly-passengers-with-sky-high-fines/2452955/

Had they chosen to be asses about it, I think things might have turned out differently for them...

[ZonkerHarris]

9. ban them from the airline forever.

[crickets]

11. I thought people were being banned for this nonsense.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-face-masks-bans-270-flyers/

What happened to that?

[Maru Kitteh]

10. They need to be banned from flying - not rebooked!

Fuck these freeholes.

Walk you asshats.

[11 Bravo]

12. Stop returning to the gate and start jettisoning these jackasses in midair.

BOOM! Problem solved!