Maybe Karen needs to be put on the do not fly list. Hysterical passengers are a threat to crew safety.
clay 'Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.' Henry David Thoreau > On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:47 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Just to put the hard cost of this incident into perspective. > Two emergency slides were deployed. Cost per slide [general overview, it > may vary based on exact model of aircraft. This is based on a 737.] > https://consumerist.com/2016/04/08/unnecessarily-deployed-emergency-slide-could-cost-united-airlines-as-much-as-30000/ > Add to that, landing fees, parking fees, and crew transfer costs, passenger > transfer costs, etc.. > The aircraft now sets with missing components for the Required Equipment > List [working escape slides] and can only be flown to a repair facility to > be "repaired" ... which requires a special ferry permit [FAA issued] and a > "Ferry pilot crew" to be flown in to fly the aircraft to maintenance shop, > before it can be put back in service. More costs. > Ground handling fees... a tug has to tow the aircraft to temp parking > [parking fees for an airliner are not cheap]... > Possible emergency response fire,Medical and police costs... [yep... there > will be some]. > This is just a short list, I'm sure other costs have been overlooked. > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 10:31 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Thanks. I wonder if the airline will offer to compensate the >> misunderstood/handcuffed/humiliated passenger with a $300 travel voucher. >> >> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> OK, I get it. The air hostess ("Karen") misinterpreted what the law >>>> abiding citizen was doing. D'oh. >>> >>> Still not right. The Karen was another _passenger_. I mostly blame >>> the airline staff for overreacting based on the unsubstantiated word >>> of a passenger. Karen was just another idiot, nothing too special >>> about that. I kind of feel sorry for her, her world is just chock full >>> of 'bombs'. Perhaps I feel even more sorry for any S.O. that she >>> might have. >>> >>> -- Jim >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
