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In reply to the discussion: American Airlines cancels flight after teens refuse to wear masks [View all]DenaliDemocrat
(1,478 posts)129. Not what is being reported now.
Winer said the passengers of flight 893 bound for the Bahamas sat on the aircraft in Charlotte for about two hours awaiting resolution of a mechanical issue with the flight, and "during this time some passengers including the students may have removed masks due to no air-conditioning/ventilation, quite unbearable conditions."
So, they let the kids bake on a hot tarmac with no AC for two hours and the kids took their masks off. If this is true, why didnt AA deplane them?
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Because they're kids, I'd go along with a five year ban but lifetime probation as far
brewens
Jul 2021
#1
Because they are kids? Really, so if they bring a weapon to school what should society expect.
usaf-vet
Jul 2021
#66
They should also be forced to pay all airport & passenger costs too, along with a hefty fine.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2021
#126
NO! It's not their fault. Affluenza should be treated as a recognized disability.
3Hotdogs
Jul 2021
#13
affluenza increases sex on the wrong brain, the theory suggests, since those kids have more
certainot
Jul 2021
#58
No, they won't learn responsibility by getting yet another pass because of their parents.
dbonds
Jul 2021
#59
Yeah, I don't remember having $2,000 burning a hole in my pocket for flights and a hotel when...
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2021
#113
I think anyone who refuses to abide by an airlines rules, needs to be put on a do not fly list
JohnSJ
Jul 2021
#3
Except he wasn't holding the mask over her face. He was just sitting there with her.
Maraya1969
Jul 2021
#109
Agreed! But add anyone regardless of age to the no fly list if they refuse to wear....
usaf-vet
Jul 2021
#63
My next day was off to the military recruiters office signed up and left for basic in October.
usaf-vet
Jul 2021
#70
How were they allowed to even get to Charlotte from Boston, not wearing masks?
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#20
If I were American Airlines, I'd make everyone get off the plane, have the kids arrrested
Rabrrrrrr
Jul 2021
#27
After I posted that, I was thinking that there should be a marker on passports
Rabrrrrrr
Jul 2021
#35
But they got national news attention with their stunt. Was on ABC Nightly News.
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2021
#29
There must not have been an adult traveling with them if they were "too young to check into a hotel"
tanyev
Jul 2021
#36
Not that this is ANY excuse for their behavior, but Amer Air brings this on themselves
AllyCat
Jul 2021
#56
Thats what I was thinking of. All those excited to start a Bahamas vacation on the plane too
LiberalLovinLug
Jul 2021
#96
These people also lost a day of vacation too just because they were on the plane with the teens
luckone
Jul 2021
#94
they do it with 30 kids but not with 1 woman who is repeatedly told to put mask on
orleans
Jul 2021
#95
Hah, well then, standing up for their "beliefs" cost them a trip to the Bahamas.
ancianita
Jul 2021
#114
Does anyone remember the teen who was flying out of Boston for a family vacation after 9/11?
catrose
Jul 2021
#121
Why cancel the flight and ruin everyone else's trip? Just kick off the brats,
Liberty Belle
Jul 2021
#124