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http://time.com/5080253/american-airlines-basketball-players-theft/
(DALLAS) — American Airlines has apologized to two black professional basketball players who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant accused them of stealing blankets.
Airline spokesman Joshua Freed said Tuesday that Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague and forward Trahson Burrell boarded the flight bound for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sunday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
The flight was operated by Envoy Air.
Two first-class passengers gave the players their blankets as they headed to their seats in coach. But a black flight attendant accused them of theft and forced them off the plane.
Freed says an airline manager apologized to the players and that they later flew first class to Sioux Falls.
Chief executive Doug Parker told employees last month that American Airlines will implement implicit-bias training.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
I am not sure why you
I am not sure why you continue to post these topics . Do the airlines affect you personally?
Care to explain?
I am just curious.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>>Do the airlines affect
>>>>Do the airlines affect you personally?
Chemtrails?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
Do the airlines affect you
Do the airlines affect you personally?<<<
Yes, when I fly.
However, have made the choice to fly as little as possible since 9/11 ... not as a result of fear of "terrorism", but simply to avoid being subjected to how they generally treat people nowadays.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
The first line explained it
The first line explained it all
They are black
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: good at drinking water
>>> how they generally
>>> how they generally treat people nowadays
1.5 million people fly daily.
Pretty good odds they don't end up in the news.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
>>> how they generally
>>> how they generally treat people nowadays
1.5 million people fly daily.
Pretty good odds they don't end up in the news.<<<
Because most people have become conditioned to accept the bs as being "normal".
For instance: just pretend it's 1985 and you walked onto a 737 that was transported back in time from 2017 ... wouldn't you be quite surprised/upset about the (lack of) legroom?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead
>>>However, have made the
>>>However, have made the choice to fly as little as possible since 9/11 ... not as a result of fear of "terrorism", but simply to avoid being subjected to how they generally treat people nowadays.
what a boring life to not travel across oceans and see new lands.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
Ah, the old African upgrade.
Ah, the old African upgrade. Been a while since I've seen this one. You don't get it? The flight attendant was in on the scam. Hustle, indeed
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
Face posts these things
Face posts these topics because he is nuts.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
And the same 6 people, who
And the same 6 people, who knowingly open the airline threads and take the time to put Face down for starting them, must be Even crazier? Or, are they just being dicks for the sake of it?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fish
I don't mind op's threads,
I don't mind op's threads, although I liked the restaurant ones better than the airline ones. I eat more than I fly
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
OP hasn’t flown in the last
OP hasn’t flown in the last 16 years but wants to make sure that his negative view of airport travel gleaned from reading the internet is something that you are all well aware of.
As someone who actually still uses airports and flies, because I’m not a loony, let me tell you not to believe his hype. Airline travel is what you make of it and can vary depending on your awareness and ability to follow a few basic rules. That being said, I’m sure it would be hell for OP and it’s probably best for all of us that he sticks to Greyhound.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Speaking of Africans and leg
Speaking of Africans and leg room, the way people bitch and moan about airline travel, you would think they are traveling like this:
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert
I sure miss all those free
I sure miss all those free meals- flying sucks now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgg_vWq7KNk
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
OP hasn’t flown in the last
OP hasn’t flown in the last 16 years but wants to make sure that his negative view of airport travel gleaned from reading the internet is something that you are all well aware of.
As someone who actually still uses airports and flies, because I’m not a loony, let me tell you not to believe his hype. Airline travel is what you make of it and can vary depending on your awareness and ability to follow a few basic rules.<<<
And one's ability to pay through the nose for a reasonable amount of space.
What makes you believe I haven't flown in 16 years?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: good at drinking water
air travel has trended
air travel has trended cheaper over the past 20 years (negative inflation).
https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/airfares/national/chart
The bad news is that the people have spoken, and they have voted for cheap fares and cramped space.
The good news is that you can upgrade your space if you are willing to pay for it.
The fact that the average traveler prefers cattle treatment does not require you to join them.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
"...The flight attendant was
"...The flight attendant was in on the scam. Hustle, indeed..."
Knew a fellow years ago who had a fine racket w/ Continental workers. His inside man would tip him off re: overbooked flights and get him on the reservation list (details are foggy on that part).
Anyway he would rush up to Newark airport, get bumped, get vouchers. He did this many times. Eventually it didn't work anymore.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
air travel has trended
air travel has trended cheaper over the past 20 years (negative inflation).
https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/airfares/national/chart
The bad news is that the people have spoken, and they have voted for cheap fares and cramped space.
The good news is that you can upgrade your space if you are willing to pay for it.
The fact that the average traveler prefers cattle treatment does not require you to join them.<<<
Perhaps this is an accurate assessment to an extent; however, what is often overlooked is how "the average traveler" is now paying for most airlines' negligence in so far as not anticipating the need to secure access to the cockpit prior to 9/11. It shouldn't have been a mystery to them. How long was El Al doing this?
It was only after the industry went into an economic nosedive did they start the whole "nickel and diming" trajectory to the nth degree.
Perhaps market forces would've ultimately nudged airlines to start piece mealing cost of services anyhow (in the absence of 9/11 aftermath), but it was essentially their "fault" for 9/11 (or at least the way it manifested) ... and they're now making the public pay for their poor decisions to cut costs with respect to security. Why should we now be forced to subsidize their mistakes by cow towing to their nickel and diming crap?
Let alone be subjected to generalized dictatorial treatment that has strayed from security and safety concerns immediately after 9/11 ... to now improving their bottom line by "keeping order of cargo" in the cabin (re: luggage, seating assignments, etc.) simply as a matter of keeping the low margin model humming along that's stacked to their advantage anyhow (i.e. overbooking)???
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
>, are they just being dicks
>, are they just being dicks for the sake of it?
oh bk your are so cool
lol
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
oh for dicks sake!
oh for dicks sake!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
>>>>>by cow towing
>>>>>by cow towing
Is that anything like cow tipping?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
go bk go
go bk go
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
And there’s Chach, like
And there’s Chach, like clockwork.
Where are your buddies? It’s unlike you to take a stand without backup. Oh, and you stfu, you useless nobody.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Chach, with the edits and
Chach, with the edits and multiple posts. He who doth protest, and all that shit.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
ha ha lol lol loser
ha ha lol lol
loser
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Coming from you, I’ll take
Coming from you, I’ll take that as a complement.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
lol you go girl haha
lol you go girl
haha
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Haha lol
Haha lol
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
BK and Face are kinda the
BK and Face are kinda the same
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
You have zero self awareness,
You have zero self awareness, don’t you?
So, how come you didn’t fall on the sword when Slack got banned?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
blah haha
blah haha
you got nothing
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
slack will be back
slack will be back
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
>>>And one's ability to pay
>>>And one's ability to pay through the nose for a reasonable amount of space
And there it is, another of the real reasons you don’t want to fly. It’s too expensive. And you’re afraid of hijackers and planes crashing since 9/11.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Lol haha
Lol haha
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
>you’re afraid of hijackers
>you’re afraid of hijackers and planes crashing since 9/11.
no, he's just trying to find other crazy people that think like him
i wonder why he chose this place?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
One double Bloody and a Xanax
One double Bloody and a Xanax.
Warm and fuzzy anxiety killer elite.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lucky Day
>>>>>Where are your buddies?
>>>>>Where are your buddies? It’s unlike you to take a stand without backup
Who are his buddies?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
BK really is a strange duck
BK really is a strange duck