A woman struck an American Airlines gate agent after she was denied boarding at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Wednesday for refusing to wear a mask, reports the Arizona Republic, which is a part of the USA TODAY Network. The woman was a passenger on American Airlines flight 2027 from Los Angeles, which according to Flight Aware arrived in Phoenix just before 8 a.m. She was scheduled to connect to Las Vegas. After she refused to wear a mask on the first flight, crew members flagged… (www.yahoo.com) さらに...
She doesn't appear to be a resident of Phoenix, so she'll have to hire an attorney to represent her, or come back for court dates. And since she can't fly any longer, it will be some very long drives. Time to think about her actions.
The mask policy is bringing out the arrogance and lack of character in many people. They feel they can do as they please and don't have to obey the rules if they don't like them or disagree with them. And many unfortunately, resort to violence which sometimes the situation. And what does hitting someone accomplish? Will it make someone else change their mind and let you ignore the rule? Uh, no, but it might just get you free unpleasant room and board for a long time or cost you some of that unemployment money or hard earned paycheck.
Though I agree it would be a bad policy, it's too the bad the person being assaulted can't just strike back at the person that hit them with a good hook or something like that. That might just help the situation, if it didn't make it worse.
Seriously? Still with the "other countries don't think masks work"? YES THEY DO. Western Europe, you won't be going anywhere in public unless you have a mask. I am tired of this "other countries", "people tell me", "many people", line. Shut up unless you have facts.
So they allowed her to fly from LA ro Phoenix without a mask, and then denied her boarding?
Stupid...
LA should have tossed her, not passed her along to Phoenix. She had the expectation of being allowed passage at Phoenix because LA didn't deny her entry to the American Airline system. Some attorney is going to be famous for this case I imagine... But hit a gate agent? Wow... BIG mistake... *shrug*
Just another RUDE person who feels that they can put others at risk by using the Airline's to get from one place to another in our world ? Drive yourself lady OK ? that way you can do whatever it is you wish to do as far as your travel goes and stay away from others that are concerned about their health !!!!
To all the idiots clamoring for jail, violence, etc. Go back into the woodwork!
I don't see the assault in the video, maybe it happened before. She was not allowed onboard and that's all right. If she really did commit an assault, that should go through due process.
Complaining and yelling IS NOT an assault--even if for the wrong reason. The airlines assault us passengers daily with their policies.
So, American Airlines said she assaulted their employee, the employee says she assaulted them, the Phoenix Police say she assaulted the employee, but because YOU didn't witness the assault it just didn't happen? Ignorant son of a bitch is what you are!
I never said that. I only said that I could not see something amounting to assault in the video linked above.
Maybe it happened, maybe it did not. I would not necessarily believe the words of police (these days for sure) or those of the airline employees. I would believe third party witnesses.
I am no less son of a bitch than you, who are ready to condemn based on hearsay.
DUDE..you are free to NOT fly on any airline if you feel they assault people daily with their policies..rules and regulations are there for a purpose,no matter what business you are in,at,or using..i dont know about you,but my mother raised me to respect authority,rules and such,and if i questioned a policy or procedure,to ask what and why in as polite and courteous a fashion as possible..remember the old more flies with honey than vinegar adage???an airline ticket is a paid for passage from point a to point b..it does NOT give a person the right to assualt,hit,verbally abuse or anything of the sort,the people giving you the service..wearing a mask is at present,pretty much the worldwide accepted way to protect your saliva and spittle and everything else from spreading to others, and them to you...remember..there is no vaccine as of yet..
You are free to not fly is not an answer. I said that I agreed with not letting this person board the plane without mask. I think many people would agree that airline policies are often abusive of the customer. Often we do not have a choice. But we can express our opinion, sometimes pointedly, without being accused of assaulting someone. Again, I did not say it did not happen in this case.
As far as respecting authority, the these days many authorities do not deserve the respect.
I had 3 Rock Stars removed from my flight in Paris to N Y Loud vulgar & our Flag sewn on the seat of dungarees. 1st class tickets , but not on my flight. 30 years ago, Pan Am Passengers, applauded my action. Wear a mask or walk...
Totally agree - fight back with whatever is necessary against this ridiculous, unwarranted fanciful unproven garbage based on the preposterous mythology that everyone is oozing coronavirus. Odds are overwhelming that this woman does not have a single coronavirus on her. She should have immediately requested throat and blood PCR testing to prove it, then sued the Airline for arbitrary unreasonable irrelevant requirements and furthermore demanded that the airline prove that noone else on the flight had the virus because if any did a flimsy mask is most definitely not sufficient and if none had it ( by far the most likely) then no one needed it in the first place! As for the unlikely person with coronavirus wearing a mask is not sufficient if you want zero risk as The exhaled air goes around the edges and right into the face of the adjacent person. This all started with a grossly negligent unprepared CDC that stupidly greatly over estimated the virulence of this bug then embarked on an incredibly foolish inefficient unfocused cascade of idiocy that has been adopted without question by those dependent on these same government burocrats to permit continuing operations.