Authorities are looking into different airline travel incidents from passengers becoming unruly to airline workers mishandling wheelchairs. NBC News’ Guad Venegas has more details as many travel for Thanksgiving.
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It’s frontier! That whole airline sucks.
She literally pooped on the floor.
She must be from San Francisco
Its called the “Amber Heard Technique.”
No form of restraint
WAIT A MINUTE…. did she do #1 or #2? Just asking.
Look at her, not surprised..
everyone has covid and its making us not sleep and now we are all crazy
Frontier is Trash 🚮
The result of replacing air marshals with social workers.
That doesn’t make sense. Fear is not how we should govern people
In Charlotte. The baggage handlers put my tool boxes on the conveyer belt backwards with latches open .so I wouldn’t see tool box was open. So I grabbed handle and it dumped all my tools on floor. Another American Airline special benefit
Why wasn’t your tool box not properly secured. It’s up to the passenger to make sure their luggage will not open during flight or handling. Stores carry straps for luggage for this very purpose.
@Jason it has locked 🔒 latches they opened on purpose da
MAGA people
Manual wheelchairs can cost 4000 or more. It is necessary equipment not a luxury. Stop and think one of the airline workers may need one someday. 😮
Did you watch the video? Those are liberals all the way…
Air rage ..
BRAWNDO
It’s what plants crave!!
Trump needs to kinda visit a jail cell and never be allowed to see light of day again !
The Pandemic has brought out really bad behavior. That’s why I won’t travel commercial because of this type of behavior. It seems to be getting worse. People have no self control. Acting Up and very rude behavior. That woman who used the aisle
as a bathroom is disgusting and seriously needs help. The US is becomming more and more divided as the days go on.
People need to get a grip. Somehow we have lost our humanity.We need to get back to being civil. What kind of example are you setting for the younger generation. It’s very troubling. God help us………
How about other countries like Japan India Nepal UK and rest of Europe?
The US is the 7th and final world power. We are at the feet of the statue mentioned in the book of Daniel, the feet made of partly iron and partly clay which do not mix and denotes all the divisions we currently see in the world, next stop is the Great Tribulation which will kick off when the cry of peace and security is made and a coalition of nations attack religion and do away with it.
I think it’s more than the pandemic. Our way of life has taken a toll on us
@Stephanie Corellilocking the world down suddenly, horrible riots after Floyd was killed, 2 wars, 2020 election, mass shootings, it’s one bad thing after another n it’s gotten to everybody
@Stephanie Corelli💯agree with you, enough already with blaming the pandemic, that’s been over with for a long time now. Some people are selfish, rude and obnoxious, anyone who would act like this has had issues and needs professional help.
The handlers who let the wheelchairs roll down the ramp is extremely concerning. We have an adult family member who uses a wheelchair, letting the wheelchairs roll down and crash is awful and certainly can damage the wheelchair, what is the person supposed to do if their wheelchair is unusable now? Heartless airline handlers.
When I move to Texas, I’m going to take the train.
Thanks for the extra seat on a plane!
Gross, I one time thought I had to go when daydream a moment and I’m like, oh my gosh, I wasn’t in the washroom just yet, I forgot if it’s when I was going to Costco or home, it scared me, but hold anyways and when I said gross, I never thought a lady would do that on plane, I thought a man could of done it, because there was a man done that in china before.
Just the signs of a collapsing Government and Nation.
No flying for me , ever.
Thanks for the extra seat!
@Max’s Aviation you’re welcome.
I don’t fly much, except when we go overseas on our Viking cruises and people are always well behaved on our flights.
america airline is awful!! i stop using this jet!!
@samuel rodriguezcan you at least respell that cause you sound like a 1st grader
The people who fly frontier are just like that normal day
So true!
the flying “Asylum”
Others countries thinks we’re like bunch of wild animals.
Oh really? The countries that are fighting wars or which countries exactly?
We are. Entitled Americans?
american airlines is crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
America is just ghetto now
I don’t travel on holidays anyways!
All those problems, n u can now add a new terror threat to the long list of those problems
Everyone just needs to chill out get to travel to see family or going home go with flow it’s easy on the flight crew and other people or just don’t be stupid be came be fine
Just ban them permanently from flying in all airlines. Let them chill through land and sea travel. Their actions deserve consequences.
100% agree!
The solution is to not let women fly.
blaks cause teouble everywhere ruin everything.
It’s the low fares that make this an issue. It attracts the low life people who air travel once in a blue moon. Need to get rid of economy class and only have premium economy class. More comfortable flights, less busy airports, better paid staff. Air travel got worse when the big airlines trying to copy the business model of low cost carriers. They got to go back to the way it was before, where quality matters and not volume. Too bad US was car centric society. If we had true high speed rail all over US. People wouldn’t need to rely on air travel so often.
You’re being classist
You can’t repair an economy that was built with WW2 military success, and powered by being the only nuclear super-power. All that was slowly going away.
Off-shore American greed hurried that along.
It would cost us a 1000$ for an hour flight with those bigger seats! Also even if rail was an option I would choose flying in a heartbeat since most of the time it’s quicker, safer, and more comfortable
Low class or poor doesn’t always equate to bad behavior. Behaviors stem from an individual’s choices and upbringing. I know a lot of poor or middle class folks that don’t act rowdy and they want to be able to take their kids via affordable air travel.
@Max’s Aviationnot necessarily faster. The high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona takes 2.5h, the plane 1h. If you add security checks and travel time to/from airport to the center it actually takes more time to travel by plane. If you also take into account flying restrictions like water or “dangerous” items, no internet nor phone calls, cramped seats, delays, weather forecast etc…then the train option is a no brainer for me. Its also cheaper (most of the times) and less pollutant.
It’s always US airlines 😂😅
My thought as well. I’ve traveled plenty of times in Europe and Asia and I’ve never experienced this kind of behavior
Our country is falling apart
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY/ NO FLY LIST
If US airlines work with FAA to enact a ‘first-strike’ Zero Tolerance policy on this type of disruptive behavior, it would stop.
Air rage? It’s just mentally Ill people
1:49 “Too many air carriers have demonstrated that drastically reducing, the rate of broken wheelchairs and assistive devices, is simply, not a corporate priority.” Rep. Tammy Duckworth, (D-IL).
Biden’s embarrassing America
Americans are ghetto af!
the Narcissistic people drawing attention again anyone starting to see a pattern
This is a first. An airline was presented with verifiable proof of wrongdoing by their employees (specifically the video of the luggage mishandling. Shockingly theres no statement from the airline saying “the individual seen in the video is not our employee. They are employed by a contracting company. We take no responsibility for their actions and will address this with the company directly”. Im wondering why they passed up a chance to use their “get out of jail free card”. Its worked so well thus far! 🙄
We don’t plan to fly anytime soon. We got caught in the Southwest Airlines Christmas meltdown last year.
Do those baggage idiots think no one is watching??? A well adjusted and comfortable wheelchair is hard to come by and expensive to replace. How callous!
Planespotters capture things like this.
It’s absolutely amazing how much less stress I have since I gave up driving and flying. Too many emotionally stunted morons out there!
American Airline yet again. Why am I not surprised?
I work in the industry and while unruly passengers get the videos and their moment on YouTube or TikTok, they are generally few and far between. You could fly every day for the rest of your life and not see brawls or people dropping their pants in the aisles.
However the fact it happens – not just on Frontier or Spirit but all airlines – is a problem and speaks to modern entitlement. People are brought up to question everything and everybody, and that all authority can be challenged. Rules don’t apply to them, we see this in all facets of society it seems. When these people don’t get what they want, they revert to absurdly rude or indecent behavior.
I’d be in favor of a domestic airline ban on passengers who cause extreme issues or security threats. Flying is a privilege not a right and if you can’t play in the sandbox then you should be banned from it, either for a period of time or (like a minimum of 10 years) or lifetime for the most egregious cases. It should be a deterrent to this sort of behavior that costs airlines and other passengers with their time.
A friend used to be a flight attendant for United Airlines & said that too much trash starting flying on planes once the airlines started the frequent flier miles procedure which makes perfect sense. You wouldn’t see people boarding planes in pajamas and bedroom slippers before that procedure was implemented.
Somehow it’ll be Bidens fault, here they come, get ready.
I guess a friendly sky is no longer a friendly sky. So sad
This is why I choose to stay home during the holidays with my family. Nowadays, since my parents are in their late 50s/early 60s, if we are going to visit relatives, we visit them before the crazy holiday travel (fly or road) starts (at least 2 weeks before!).
I’m wondering if the one person was really being kidnapped 😮
the ‘entitled’ age group raises it’s ugly head again, no manners, no social skills, they do not see the high speed heavy object hurtling towards them as they are all doing the zombie 2-step looking down
if you send a wheel chair down, it has to have OJ Simpson in it and you should be filming “Naked Gun 4-bad manners at home’….Woody Harrelson plays Leslie Nielsen
I’m to afraid to fly in case my wheelchair gets damaged. How am I supposed to get around without it? I don’t think people realize these are custom made to fit our bodies- they literally are our legs. Replacing them takes a couple months and thousands of dollars
AA after reviewing the video we moved that individual to a new position from this point on he’s our new Honey man
Is it still kidnapping if the person is an adult?🤔
The woman who pulled her pants down should be charged with indecent exposure. And she needs serious mental help.
And public urination 😬
Expecting people to dress up and put on their best manners is absurd. Flying is just another form of mass transit. Mix that with society afraid to hold people accountable and it’s a horrible mix.
The way to stop the workers from breaking stuff, is to take the cost of that wheelchair out of their paychecks.
Illegal under labor laws
Nothing new.. I’ve seen child seat being thrown off the sky bridge onto the tarmac.
Not just in the air, on the road too!
I hate Florida Airports!.. The worst!
The new culture of being unruly and having little regard for each other is the beginning of the downfall of modern society and we are all going to suffer as a result
People and their stupidity never ceases to amaze me!
Seems like a frontier problem
Jj mccarthy is by far the real heisman frontrunner so far this year.
American Airlines again….
I think the lesson here is that Frontier level travelers didn’t use to be able to take planes. They used to take the bus. This is what you get when you open a Walmart airline. Chaos.
Wishing train travel was a thing
Regarding the wheel chairs…bet it’s a “contractor” and not an American Airlines employees mishandling them. Welcome to the now established system of cutting costs. Lowest bid wins, and lowest paid jobs.
The wheelchairs have nothing to do with the handlers. Tell the engineers who designed the ramp to go back to physics class, especially the one where you get to calculate how fast something accelerates given a certain slope and a certain gravity and also the one about momentum, center of mass, and external forces acting on that mass and leverage. The handlers wouldn’t be handlers if they had that engineering degree.
Be aware future travellers. Stay off Frontier airlines.
We are all fkuced