Results tagged “flightattendant”

There's been much debate about how to handle overweight passengers on flights. While some airlines may charge for an extra seat, not all do — and now a flight attendant allegedly snapped a photo on an American Airlines flight (destination and take-off point unknown), which of course has been leaked to the press.

It's been a rough week for newsman Dominic Carter. First, the embattled NY1 political commentator was accused of "punching, choking and kicking" his wife, then he was put on leave from his longtime TV gig before being castigated by a judge for namedropping. To top it off, he was thrown off of an airplane yesterday after allegedly bumping into a flight attendant before take-off at LaGuardia Airport.

We know that Captain Chesley Sullenberger did a great job and how co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles gave the shirt off his back to a passenger...but did you know Flight 1549's flight attendants Sheila Dail, Doreen Welsh and Donna Dent have a combined 92 years of experience among them? Passenger Billy Campbell said another passenger had opened a rear door, but Welsh was quick to close it so the water would stop coming in: "The flight attendant then made a great call and said, 'Turn around, you've got to get out on the wing.'" The crew wants to remain under the radar, so to speak: They want the media to "respect their desire to refrain from participating in interviews until further notice" during the NTSB's investigation. They also give their "sincere thanks and appreciation for the overwhelming support, praise and well wishes they have received from the public around the world."

Gina Rousett of New Jersey says a Jet Blue flight attendant was way too attentive on her flight back to Newark from Fort Lauderdale. The incident happened over seven months ago and led to the arrest of Dayne Arokium and his termination from the airline, but Rousett's just now telling her creepy story to CBS2. After some friendly chitchat during boarding, Rousett says Arokium told her "he was going to have nobody sit next to me because I was all his...He kept telling me that he wanted me. At one point he said, 'You know you want me,' and [he was] always grabbing himself, all the time." When those moves failed to romance Rousett, the amorous attendant showed her a naked photo of himself on his cell phone. Arokium admits showing her the photo, but denies grabbing Rousett's butt or "acting in a harassing manner."