XPost: rec.travel.air, alt.travel   
   From: x@x.c   
      
   Frank F. Matthews wrote:   
   >> None wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> American Airlines - by Jamison DeHaas   
   >>>   
   >>> 22 November  2003   
   >>>   
   >>> MIA/STX. Typical Sunday in Miami. Nonstop flight to St. Croix. While   
   >>> boarding, I was behind an elderly gentleman walking with a cane. Upon   
   >>> boarding a male flight attendant standing at doorway and the elderly   
   >>> gentleman told him this airline sure makes you wear ugly ties, or   
   >>> something   
   >>> to that affect. Next thing you know airline ground personnel are   
   >>> boarding   
   >>> the plane questioning the old man because a flight attendant had told   
   >>> the   
   >>> pilot that the old man was drunk and disorderly. They talk to the   
   >>> man, find   
   >>> out he's not drunk, said he only had one beer at the bar on the   
   >>> concourse   
   >   
   >   
   > mrtravel wrote:   
   >   
   >> Today is Nov 21... in MIA and STX.   
   >> "He" said he only had one beer.... How many times do you think drunk   
   >> drivers tell this to cops?   
   >   
   >   
   > The point is that the passenger standing behind him says that the   
   > passenger was not drunk and the FA was a jerk.   
      
   The FA thought he was drunk. There was a disagreement about whether he   
   was or not. So, rather than risk a liability in the air, they chose to   
   put him off the plane. Do you think this is something the do a lot or do   
   without reason?   
      
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