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Overzealous AirTran Boots 9 Passengers Off

An anonymous readerwrites "On Friday the wonderfully customer centric AirTran decided to remove a family of 9 US born Muslims after a comment between two family members regarding how close to the Jet engine they had been seated. The wonderful part is that after the FBI cleared the family 2 hours later, AirTran refused to fly the family, and refused to rebook them on their way from Washington to Orlando, Florida. The family purchased additional tickets on US Airways later that day, after AirTran requested that the irate father be escorted from their booking podiums by security. This whole story highlights the pathetic customer service we are getting from the Airlines these days — they actually treat us like criminals first and ask questions later. Just don't get me started on Delta." It's nice to see that stupidity still knows no bounds.

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  1. Re:They got a refund by Snarfangel · · Score: 5, Funny

    3) A Chinese family of nine people get on the plane. They are dressed in clothing straight out of 1920's Shanghai. Three of the young adults in thick Chinese accents remark about where would be the safest place to sit on the plane in the event of an accident or explosion.

    I'd be afraid they'd stop the plane, run around it, then get back in.

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  2. Re:They got a refund by Toonol · · Score: 5, Funny

    God, that was a really stupid exercise. Close your eyes and picture someone in silky lingerie running a hand up your chest; you can smell their delicious perfume, as their soft lips brush your neck...

    You're picturing a woman, right? Wrong! It's a man! You are so sexist.

  3. Re:They got a refund by fartmasterB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had trouble reading the rest of the instructions after the "close your eyes" part.

  4. Mormons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) A white family of nine people get on a plane.

    Well, I tossed an exception right there. White family of nine . . . that's actually really funny!

    Wait,

    PolygamousRanchKid doesn't know about Mormons?