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Delta Passenger Kicked Off Flight After Urgent Trip to the Restroom
The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion. In fellow passenger Krista Rosolino's view, it was outrageous that Hamilton was kicked off the flight and that everyone else was forced to exit the plane when it returned to the gate in Atlanta. She took to social media to defend this man she didn't know. (www.jsonline.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This should have been a non event. I am a retired airline pilot (29 yrs). This situation occurred probably every week I went to work! The f/a calls the cockpit and says someone has to use the lavatory or went into the lav. We stop taxiing or don't taxi and ask the f/a to let us know when the passenger is back in their seat. They call us back in a few minutes to let us know, and that's the end of the situation. This has happened to me hundreds of times in my career, probably a lot of other airline pilots too. Never lost my place in line. Occasionally you would have to notify Atc that you could not taxi because a passenger was in the lavatory. No big deal. Never ever had a problem.
sc1946..agree totally..
Thanks supercruiser1946 for the Airline Pilots point of view.
I've see the very same thing happen, time an again, as a passenger on Delta at Hartsfield a number of years ago, when doing a lot of flying for my job.
I've see the very same thing happen, time an again, as a passenger on Delta at Hartsfield a number of years ago, when doing a lot of flying for my job.
Thank you captain for backing me up..if FA's had done their job properly and notified the captain on the first go, like you said, end of discussion..a few on here think once you are on a taxiway, it's game over.
No, once you are asked to return to your seat and you get up again it's game over.
If you can read, the FA's should have notified the captain the first time.
Supercruiser1946- You are so right. It's "SOP". Pax gets up to use the "Blueroom"...on an avtive taxi..the Cabin Crew notifys the Cockpit. When the Pax is back and buckled in, we notify the Cockpit. Depending on conjestion in the line for takeoff we may lose our spot. Pax, if they have any common sense will have abluted priorto boarding.