What: Air Canada flight en route from Toronto to Beijing
Where: Vancouver
Who: George Campbell of Conestogo and 38-year-old Paul Alexander Wilson
Why: The two, both apparently employed by RIM, (Research in Motion, the company that introduced the Blackberry in 1999), were suspended after their drunkenness aboard an Air Canada flight forced pilots to divert to Vancouver. The two alleged drunks were also held responsible in paying Air Canada over &70,000 in hotel fees and restitution for delaying the flight.
Day: December 6, 2011
Baldwin vs American Attendant
What: American Airlines flight
Where: LAX
When: Dec 6 2011
Who: Alex Baldwin
Why: Refusing to stop playing the game “words with friends,” Alex Baldwin was ejected from an American Airlines flight by an irate flight attendant. It was waiting at the gate (not in the air.)
He was rebooked on another flight, but not without attempting twitter revenge, badmouthing American Airlines, and also filing a complaint against a flight attendant who was like a “retired Catholic school gym teacher from the 1950’s.”
Baldwin is not the only individual we heard about this week who was removed from a plane due to conduct, but the others were taken to a mental unit or released into police custody.
Aruba-bound jet incurs Donkey Strike
What: Tiara Air Aruba Shorts 360-100 en route from Las Piedras Venezuela to Aruba
Where: Las Piedras
When: Dec 5th 2011
Who: 29 passengers, 4 crew
Why: Taking off from Las Piedras, the plane struck a donkey with its right main gear.
Pilots continued on to Aruba where they made a safe landing.
There were no injuries. Apparently the forecast for repair is better in Aruba than Las Piedras.
In George’s Point of View
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times, keep the donkeys OFF the runway.
Actually, that’s one thing I never thought I’d need to say