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Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 01:25:40 GMT

A Delta Airlines Pilot was recently suspended yet returned to work after a video source showed him punching a woman who was fighting another woman.

The pilot of the flight can be seen hitting one woman who appears to have a choke hold on the woman she was fighting. The pilot got into the middle of the fray and punched the woman and then walked off.

TMZ broke the story with footage of two women who were fighting on the plane and after the plane de-boarded in Atlanta. The two women apparently know one another and neither have filed charges against the other.

The pilot will face no disciplinary charges as his employer (Delta Airlines) says what he did was correct to try to diffuse the situation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/delta-pilot-atlanta-airport-woman.html?_r=0

Re: Delta Airlines

cody2 — Tue, 02 May 2017 01:48:38 GMT

He took off his pilot hat and put on his human hat. A choke hold? I saw the video and I say good for him. Right call in my opinion. Problem is...both women will probably sue him and Delta.

Re: Delta Airlines

sidsmom — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:05:33 GMT

I can't help but think there's going be lots of 'copy cat' airline kerfuffles.

A planned event by a couple people hoping there will be a window of payday opportunity where the airline 'allegedly' exposes themselves.

These 2 women should've been arrested on the spot.

Good for him. Right call in my opinion x 2. @cody2

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:15:29 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
I can't help but think there's going be lots of 'copy cat' airline kerfuffles.

A planned event by a couple people hoping there will be a window of payday opportunity where the airline 'allegedly' exposes themselves.

These 2 women should've been arrested on the spot.
Good for him. Right call in my opinion x 2. @cody2

There is no window of a payday for these women. They were fighting on the plane and continued to do so on their way out of the gate. People don't just get "pay days" unless something happened that rendered them with bodily harm. Neither sought to press charges against the other, so that's a done deal. No court would hear this argument.

Let's be reminded that be people can sue all they want. It doesn't mean they will win.

Re: Delta Airlines

sidsmom — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:20:25 GMT

So...in essence, it's a non-story, yes?

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:24:40 GMT

@sidsmom, no there's a story as I provided. Can you just run with that?

Re: Delta Airlines

GCR18 — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:36:24 GMT

I commented about the pilot on a thread about the lady with the stroller. The video shows the pilot just standing there with all the drama going on around him. Toward the end, he said something. I couldn't believe he let it go on as long as he did. I wasn't suggesting he punch the lady. What was this Delta pilot thinking? In training, I'm sure he was trained how to handle certain situations. No way did it include punching travelers.

Re: Delta Airlines

chrystaltree — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:40:16 GMT

There's no story here. He did the right thing. It wasn't a verbal argument, it was physical fight with one woman being choked. He did what he could to break up that fight. And it's silly to think that people are going to stage stuff to get what...arrested...lol The doctor's incident with UA was not a fight with another passenger.

Re: Delta Airlines

makena — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:45:31 GMT

The pilot slapped her hand. No punches were thrown.

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:47:42 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
There's no story here. He did the right thing. It wasn't a verbal argument, it was physical fight with one woman being choked. He did what he could to break up that fight. And it's silly to think that people are going to stage stuff to get what...arrested...lol The doctor's incident with UA was not a fight with another passenger.

@chrystaltree he didn't break up the fight. He got in the fray and walked away while they continued to fight until they were tired or someone got the better of the other.

The MORAL of this story is that sometimes people DO the right thing. Other than that the story is a story on its face. It happened.

Re: Delta Airlines

makena — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:49:33 GMT

I think it was staged.

Re: Delta Airlines

ROMARY — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:51:52 GMT

I'm guessing that there will be more planned 'carfunkles' (or whatever the word is that Judge Judy often uses).

Re: Delta Airlines

sidsmom — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:52:36 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
There's no story here. He did the right thing. It wasn't a verbal argument, it was physical fight with one woman being choked. He did what he could to break up that fight. And it's silly to think that people are going to stage stuff to get what...arrested...lol The doctor's incident with UA was not a fight with another passenger.

ITA....though,

Just using this thread alone, post #9 says 'slapped her hand' &

post #7 say 'punching travelers'...both referring to the 2 fighting ladies.

All it takes is one airline employee to lightly touch a passenger...

and they scream 'assault.' The idea of copy-cat is a little out there,

I give you that, but we live in such a litigious society...

nothing would surprise me.

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 03:01:39 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
There's no story here. He did the right thing. It wasn't a verbal argument, it was physical fight with one woman being choked. He did what he could to break up that fight. And it's silly to think that people are going to stage stuff to get what...arrested...lol The doctor's incident with UA was not a fight with another passenger.
ITA....though,

Just using this thread alone, post #9 says 'slapped her hand' &
post #7 say 'punching travelers'...both referring to the 2 fighting ladies.
All it takes is one airline employee to lightly touch a passenger...
and they scream 'assault.' The idea of copy-cat is a little out there,
I give you that, but we live in such a litigious society...
nothing would surprise me.

Sorry, I don't see it happening. These two women were caught on tape behaving badly. Sure the rest of the people on the flight could attest to that as well. They will get nothing because they don't deserve nothing.

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 03:03:35 GMT

@GCR18 wrote:
I commented about the pilot on a thread about the lady with the stroller. The video shows the pilot just standing there with all the drama going on around him. Toward the end, he said something. I couldn't believe he let it go on as long as he did. I wasn't suggesting he punch the lady. What was this Delta pilot thinking? In training, I'm sure he was trained how to handle certain situations. No way did it include punching travelers.

I didn't read or hear anything about a pilot with a lady and a stroller....when? Can you elaborate?

I did read a story where an airline assistant (male) almost got into a fight with a woman, is it that one?

Re: Delta Airlines

itiswhatitis — Tue, 02 May 2017 03:06:25 GMT

@makena wrote:
The pilot slapped her hand. No punches were thrown.

@makena I do see that. I happened to watch the first 10 minutes of TMZ today (just to see this story) and Harry and Charles said "punch." I turned it to Judge Judy after that.

I see the TMZ website has "slap" on there and a different angle of the video I saw earlier.

Re: Delta Airlines

sophiamarie — Tue, 02 May 2017 03:27:34 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
I'm guessing that there will be more planned 'carfunkles' (or whatever the word is that Judge Judy often uses).

@ROMARY "Kerfuffle" LOL But, I like your word better.