Air Tran makes girls throw away pet turtle.

[Rally]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/ju...uses-taxiing-plane-return-gate/news-breaking/

 

[T3700]

Sounds like the kind of decision a "below average" employee would make.

 

[Rally]

Or below average airline.....kinda like not allow the spirit guys to jumpseat during the strike.

 

[Blue Dude]

Gah. Read the article. The article's text refutes its own headline. "Journalists" suck!

 

[Ty Webb]

Gah. Read the article. The article's text refutes its own headline. "Journalists" suck!

"This just in . . . . . Journalists blow . . . . Film at 11:00".

Care to issue a retraction? Heh-heh :laugh:

 

[LearLove]

I bet the turtle will be dead in a week anyway

 

[Lear70]

Probably just a flight crew having a "below average day"...

 

[Flash]

Or below average airline.....kinda like not allow the spirit guys to jumpseat during the strike.

Really? Who was refused a jumpseat?

 

[cale42]

Seriously this is all on gate agents and ticket counter. For 2 years my airline had a no pets in the cabin policy, and at least once a month someone would bring one on and everyone would just look the other way. Then my a$$ has to go remove someone from the plane and make a big stink. My FOM is my rules and they don't look kindly on my taking latitude with it.

If the gate did their job in the first place this would have been a non issue because the dad would have taken it home when the checked in.

Crap like this drives me insane.

cale

 

[twepilot]

shoulda looked the other way on this one dude..

RV

 

[Rally]

Here ya go.

Really? Who was refused a jumpseat?

Dirtbag AirTran management has rescinded the reciprocal jumpseat agreement with Spirit pilots. AirTran ALPA has preemptively set up a buddy pass donation program where Spirit pilots can ride on our planes using employee buddy passes. If any Spirit pilots are stuck and need to fly on AirTran call our Jumpseat chairmen.

Chris Deimler, Chairman
ATN MEC JSC
[email protected]
636.288.6529

Andrew Oliphant, Vice Chairman
ATN MEC JSC Vice-Chair
[email protected]
703.203.9754

Mark Orzell
ATN MEC JSC member
[email protected]

 

[J.Otto]

saw them on the today show this morning. what a stupid story.

 

[Captain Jeff]

Here at the Tran we be used to stupid.

 

[400ADude]

Or below average airline.....kinda like not allow the spirit guys to jumpseat during the strike.

Very well put.

 

[Headfake14]

Jeezuschrist!!!! Pick your friggin battles people! My god!!

Personally...I would've continued.

 

[Flybywire44]

So what? Atlanta rampers have been known to carry salmonella bacteria. Just put it in your pocket next time you fly...

 

[Lear70]

I think that was the issue. If it was in a shoe box in a bag, no one would ever have known the difference, but evidently she got it out and played with it thus starting the problem.

However, I'm more appalled at the fact that AirTran FEDEX'd the turtle to the girl a couple days later. FedEx? Really? How beat to crap do you think it got going through 4 sorts or more making its way across the country...?

No wonder PETA is po'd. You can't make this stuff up...

 

[twepilot]

my favorite part of this whole thing was Meredith Viera asking the little girl if she noticed a change in the turtle since she got it back.. She responded with, he seems a little depressed, just hangs out under his palm tree and keeps asking for Mai Tai's all the time, but other than that..

RV

 

[tomgoodman]

Eeeeek!

I think that was the issue. If it was in a shoe box in a bag, no one would ever have known the difference..

One of our passengers smuggled a pet guinea pig aboard in a small bag. Wouldn't have been a problem if she hadn't started feeding it on her meal tray. A passing F/A thought it was a mooching rat, and that's how the trouble started....

 

[great cornholio]

One of our passengers smuggled a pet guinea pig aboard in a small bag. Wouldn't have been a problem if she hadn't started feeding it on her meal tray. A passing F/A thought it was a mooching rat, and that's how the trouble started....

The visions in my head about this right now are pure awesomeness.