The Spirit Airlines flight 141 from Baltimore to Los Angeles yesterday morning must have been an entertaining one.
A fight had broken between intoxicated passengers that had been blasting music from their boombox (don’t think that there is in-flight entertainment on Spirit flights) and those that would have preferred quieter environment. This was all caught on camera.
Here’s an excerpt from LA Times (access the piece here):
Spirit Airlines spokesman Paul Berry said several other customers asked the women to turn down the music, but the women refused. Instead, the women posed a challenging question: “What are you going to do?”
“Then to provoke the other customer they were holding up their boom box in the air, waving it around,” Berry said.
That’s when a second group of passengers approached the two women and a fight started, he said.
LAX police were notified and met the crew when it landed, Officer Rob Pedregon said. The five women involved in what he called the “mutual combat situation” were pulled off the plane, he said.
Conclusion
I have never flown Spirit Airlines that is one of those airlines that keep their headline prices very low but then charges for everything including completing the purchase on their website (cheaper to buy from them at the airport).
It was very mean spirited for those intoxicated passengers to force others to listen their choice of music. Better to use headphones!
It was very mean spirited for those intoxicated passengers to force others to listen their choice of music. Better to use headphones!
Really? That’s what you took away from this incident???? What about: 1) why were these intoxicated passengers allowed to board in the first place or if they were not intoxicated at time of boarding, why were they served enough alcohol onboard to cause intoxication; and, 2) where were the flight attendants during this and why did they not try to enforce so sort of decorum and ask the passengers to turn the boom box off.
How is a FA supposed to know what every individual PAX’s alcohol tolerance level is? Some people get wasted from two beers. If the booze was free (I’m guessing not if this was a budget airline) then of course people are going to sop it up, especially on a budget airline! On the other hand, yes, the FAs should have done more to mitigate the situation from escalating, however, they have the right not to perform work that is considered dangerous–moreso if they are unionized workers. Stop trying to be so politically correct–people nowadays flip out if someone ahead of them reclines their seat (which btw, those seats were designed to do this) which is actually their right to do. But blasting their music on a boombox?? That should not have happened–PERIOD. Not to mention, even purses have to be stowed overhead our under the seat in front of you and somehow a boombox is allowed to be waved around in the air?
Do these discount airlines not have flight attendants? This seems like a pretty clear situation they should be stepping in to stop rather than letting the passengers police themselves.
Seems like the fight broke out just after landing so the flight attendants were still strapped in their seats, that’s why they were a bit late in breaking up the fight as explained here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/10/five-women-get-into-mid-air-brawl-over-boombox-on-spirit-airlines-flight/
Baltimore = Hillary supporters…’nuff said