MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman was removed from a JetBlue flight after tweeting about a pilot’s sobriety testing.
Lisa Carter-Knight, of Exeter, was waiting to board a plane in Philadelphia on Tuesday. JetBlue says it was delayed when the pilot believed another passenger accused him of being intoxicated. JetBlue said as a precaution, a sobriety test was conducted; the pilot was cleared.
Carter-Knight made posts to Twitter about the pilot accusing passengers of questioning his sobriety and took photos from the terminal. The flight eventually left four hours behind schedule, but Carter-Knight was denied boarding.
WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1oTKpMw) JetBlue said if it feels a customer isn’t complying with safety instructions, exhibits unobjectionable behavior or causes conflict, the customer will be asked to leave. Carter-Knight got a refund.
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Fair enough, JetBlue
She should have to pay for the loss of revenue to Jet Blue and the inconvenience caused to the other passengers.
Why? She wasn’t the passenger who accused the pilot of being drunk, and she was more inconvenienced than anyone.
Why, it is the responsibility of every passenger or crew member who thinks a pilot is exhibiting signs of intoxication to raise the issue. In this case she tweeted that another passenger challenged the sobriety of the pilot. Nobody is denying that is what happened. Jet Blue should apologize.
Another reason not to fly Jet Blue.
Wow. Someone remind me never to fly with JetBlue.