The Huffington Postflight

[SkyWASA]

Arianna Huffington powers up her blackberry after the door is closed on 'SuperRegional' United flight, causes mini-riot, makes three seats disappear!

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/huffington_risked_lives_foe_nFCcaFFEINLePXj2CeII6N

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Hmm, a 47 seat airplane???? And a flight that would crash with the use of a blackberry.... OK....

 

[Abernathy]

I just wanted to comment on how clever the thread title is.

 

[shamrock]

The title of this thread needs to contain "ASA" to be in compliance with FI guidelines...

 

[Raoul Duke]

so just so i got this straight, if you use electronics on an aircraft seats will disappear?

 

[ePilot22]

so just so i got this straight, if you use electronics on an aircraft seats will disappear?

Just so you know so, no.



eP.

 

[Abernathy]

They were going to LaGuardia? I would have thought anyone stupid enough to think a cell phone would bring down a jet would be traveling to someplace like South Carolina.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

Yeah well her daughter's cute but you didn't hear that from me...

 

[atlcrjdriver]

Arianna Huffington powers up her blackberry after the door is closed on 'SuperRegional' United flight, causes mini-riot, makes three seats disappear!

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/huffington_risked_lives_foe_nFCcaFFEINLePXj2CeII6N

You did read the article first ... right. The guy whom saw Huffington use her blackberry was the one freaking out and causing the disturbance not Huffington herself. Was she wrong for using it, yes and she did turn it off once the F/A told her.

"Belodoff said that a flight attendant eventually persuaded Huffington to turn off the device and place it in her pocketbook, which was in an overhead bin, but she had been using it for at least 10 minutes after the plane was airborne."​

 

[Abernathy]

2 words. Airplane mode.

 

[CoATP]

2 words
Who Cares

 

[DrewBlows]

The Post got it wrong; the title should have read Lunatic Calls New York Post.

 

[Mr Wu]

so just so i got this straight, if you use electronics on an aircraft seats will disappear?

No, no, no. It's if you use scope on an aircraft, seats will disappear.

 

[dojetdriver]

Yeah well her daughter's cute but you didn't hear that from me...

Does she have the same annoying voice her mom has? I'm not talking about the accent, I mean that voice that sounds like a German shepherd with a tennis ball jammed down it's throat.

 

[Mike man]

2 words. Airplane mode.

One acronym...FAR

It is the entire "blame it on someone else mentality". No one is accountable for their own actions anymore. The B who was on her phone or the jackhole who threw a tantrum. They should both be fined for their actions.

We all know that nothing is going to happen, but the simple fact of the matter is, she broke the law. She, along with the folks above who are for some unknown reason on her side, are further eroding what is left of the Flight Crew's authority and just giving the public free reign over a Flight Crew. Where is the line drawn, using a PED, standing up during takeoff, taking a dump on a service cart, smoking in the lavatory, smoking in your seat, or trying to breakdown the cockpit door to ask the pilot what city you are flying over...please tell me where the line is drawn.

And I do agree, who cares and it should really be a non issue...