47 people incarcerated in a plane for nine hours (What if it happened to you)

[CFSapper]

personally im with savannahashlee on this one but for a diffrent reson
A) yes its commen sence the should have been releast but the werent did any of them stand up walk over to the front knock on the pilots door and say hey wtf? then make a suggestion on how to deal with it? or in failing that just leave?

B)im sorry but no 130lbs fight attendent is gonna stop me from leaving end of story. if you cant get the balls to get up and tell them you going to leave where then like it or not then suck it up and deal with it.

 

[drunk_medic]

Where is your
B) ?

 

[IJ.]

NOT HERE PEOPLE!

SA expressed an opinion just as everyone else has and while it may differ she's still a member and will be treated like one.

 

[HommerSimpson]

I wouldn't have stayed on it for more then a few hrs... simple fact...i dont use over flowing tolits... i would have shit right on the floor....and im sure that would have got me off the plane real quick :} And yes i would have... hell I use to be a nudiest.. kinda still am..so droping pants to take a shit would be a walk in a park compaired to first time i went butt ass naked infront of a few hundred people... LOL

 

[Pernilongo]

wow you have 1 woman who is tougher than all the guys around here that are whining like pussies about toilets like as if its them who are pregnant. Man thats soft people. You need reality check. It didn't even happen to anyone here except svannahashley and she is not complaining. Sad.

 

[Dirgle]

I think the passengers handled that really well. Having someone fly off the handle would have made a piss poor situation even worse for all involved. The situation was not life threatening, and once the situation was over, then reparations should be sought. Time lost , mental duress, ect what ever you feel you suffered at the hands of the airlines. Should the airlines suffer consequences for the poor treatment, yes. Should laws and rules be revised, yes. Money talks and ExpressJet Airlines is going to lose a lot of money from this. Other airlines will see the consequences and hopefully avoid making the same mistakes.

But for the individuals involved I believe they handled the situation very admirably. Personally I would have just read a book or two, asked for my ticket refunded and never flown with that airline again. being stuck on a plane for that long would be irritating but manageable. I'm sure others wouldn't be so calm. and I wouldn't expect them to be.

 

[Pernilongo]

And you flew to Japan.. would you like a gold star?

Its Bronze at best. I fly from LA to NY(~5h) from NY to Kiev(~10h), 9 hours in Kiev, from Kiev to Moscow(~2h), 3 hours there, and then to Novosibirsk (~5h). That Gold star is mine.

 

[shonuff53]

I could understand points of views from both sides, but this is America, and we are the free, to do what we're told without a voice or without opinion then we might as well become communist. Sometimes certain situations call for drastic measures, but obviously this probably could of been handled a bit different. I vote, I speak out, I love my country and thats why I served in the military and If I were on the plane forget about the toilets and fresh air I would've been pissed about being held there without knowing why and treated with out respect. The right thing to do would probably be to file a complaint of some sort. Personally because I like crazy stuff I too would crap everywhere like a monkey and get naked and start yelling crazy stuff and run out an escape hatch, of course this would be a result of my temporary insanity.

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Ok I did a major edit after reading the article.

All I can say is that is BS! Originally I thought the plane was out on the ramp, but hell no, it's parked at the terminal with a jetbridge on it. I'd sue. The flight crew all need to lose their jobs.

 

[JASONA70]

I don't understand why the passengers couldn't stay inside the airport terminal instead of the airplane.. ?? This seems very fishy!

 

[wiseco7mgt]

My sympathy is to the children and the parents of the children, having two kids of my own i would've gone insane with the sobbing and the whinging and the thought of my babies going without food for that period of time.
I personally would have removed a emergency hatch and gotten them out of there rather than put them through that. Remember kids have long memories and i wouldn't be surprised if the little ones develop a phobia of flying after such an ordeal.
Sounds like one big screwup all round that didn't need to happen, i personally could "suck it up" but i wouldn't let my 3 yr old to be trapped in a confined space with other distraught passengers both young and old without food for 9 hours because some tool in the cockpit decided that it was acceptable.
What ever happened to common sense?

 

[drunk_medic]

http://soapsucked.ytmnd.com/

 

[wiseco7mgt]

i'm not directing any bad feeling toward DT just at the stupidity of the flight crew.:nono:

 

[TomFraser]

it's OK guys... the airline refunded their tickets and APOLOGIZED

 

[Mk3runner]

I'd at least give them a free flight.

 

[DreamerTheresa]

I just now feel like a huge douche nozzel for bitching at DT well over a year ago!

:: blink ::

i'm not directing any bad feeling toward DT just at the stupidity of the flight crew.:nono:

I've not posted here 'til now.





My ass would have been off that plane. I don't give a damn.

No food, water, airflow, or toilets for 9 hours. Yeah. Totally something I'm gonna "suck up" and not "be a pussy" about.

 

[7Mboost]

wow you have 1 woman who is tougher than all the guys around here that are whining like pussies about toilets like as if its them who are pregnant. Man thats soft people. You need reality check. It didn't even happen to anyone here except svannahashley and she is not complaining. Sad.

Read the whole thread before making an idiotic response. It DIDN'T happen to savannahashlee. And if anyone is cool with smelling overflowed toilets for 9 hours then..well 3 girls 1 cup hasn't been made yet...