Crazy American

From Yahoo:
"Rant on American Airlines Flight Ends With Flight Attendant in Hospital"

An American Airlines flight headed from Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago returned to the gate just prior to take off this morning when a female flight attendant began making inflammatory remarks over the public address system. Greg Lozano, a passenger on the flight, told ABC News "The last thing she said [before they took the mic from her] was 'hey pilot, I'm not going to be responsible for your crash.'" Passengers intervened and restrained the flight attendant before Dallas airport police boarded the flight. The Dallas Morning News reports passengers said police escorted the flight attendant, kicking and screaming, to one of several police cars that surrounded the plane on the tarmac. The airline is treating the incident as a medical issue. A source tells ABC News that in addition to the remarks about the plane crashing, the flight attendant may have referenced 9/11 and American Airlines' union issues. Officials at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tell ABC News they are not pursuing any charges at this time. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants has also issued a statement: "There was an unfortunate but non-violent confrontation involving a flight attendant aboard an aircraft preparing for takeoff this morning at DFW.

^ I see so many problems with all the people (except the passengers) involved in this. First is the crazy flight attendant who threatened a terrorist attack when she said she wanted the plane to blow up. The second is where were the other flight crew during all of this? The fact that the flight attendent had to be stopped by the passengers shows the crew did nothing. Third, the Dallas Airport for saying they aren't going to charge her with anything (if a passenger had done the same they would get terrorism charges put on them.) Fourth, American Airlines for trying to make it seem like this is solely a medical issue and not treating it as the threatening incident involving one of their crew as it really was. And fifth, to the Flight Attendants Association for also down-playing the seriousness of what the women did. All of this people/organizations seem to be down-playing the incident so they won't be held responsible for allowing a crazy flight attendant on-board. For ten years the Government, airports and airlines have portrayed flight attendents as "first responders" in the air. In fact they continue to be waitresses/waiters in the sky who now have more power then they should. They are treated as Gods and like to use that power (or I should say abuse.) Another fact people tend to ignore is that whenever there was an attempted attack in the air (ie the Shoe Bomber, the Underwear Bomber, etc) it was up to the passengers themselves to restrain the attacker and only when things were safe did the flight crew take over. It is like me putting out a fire and then the fire department coming over and taking credit for putting it out. Air travel in the US continues to be plagued with problems even after ten years. Most people see the band-aids the government, TSA, airlines and airports put out to disguise the deeper problems. While I hope there is never another attack or incident in air (or on the ground) it wouldn't surprise me if it did happen and if the passengers were the ones who were forced to do everything to save the day - once again. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/flight-attendant-rant-sends-american-airlines-flight-back-182649042--abc-news.html