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Initech

(99,915 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 05:40 PM Apr 2013

Customers Get Kicked Out Of United Flight After Complaining About In Flight Movie


On February 2, 2013 we travelled with our two young boys (4 and 8 years old) aboard United 638 from Denver to Baltimore's BWI airport. The inflight entertainment was the movie Alex Cross, which United's own inflight magazine rated as 'T', or, "Adult Themes". It includes extreme, graphic violence and sexually explicit content. On our plane, an A320, the movie was projected on drop-down screens above the seats, such that we could not shield our young children from this inappropriate content. Alarmed by the opening scenes, we asked two flight attendants if they could turn off the monitor; both claimed it was not possible.

The first flight attendant also claimed that the screen could not be folded up independently (which it clearly could) and that even if it could, she would still not authorize closing it because of the passengers sitting behind us. At this point, the passengers behind us spoke up and agreed the content was inappropriate for children and announced it would not bother them at all to switch it off. Both flight attendants, and later the purser, claimed that they have no authority or ability to change or turn off the movie. The purser did, however, agree with us, as did many more of the passengers around us, that it is patently inappropriate to expose children to such content.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-way-we-live-now-united-airlines-and-disruptive-passengers/274512/


It's Tyler Perry, that kind of content is not in any movie he makes. What planet do these parents live on?

And besides it's not like anyone is forcing you or your kids to watch that movie. Bring an iPad with movies they like to watch on it. Problem solved.
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Customers Get Kicked Out Of United Flight After Complaining About In Flight Movie (Original Post) Initech Apr 2013 OP
I would guess the passengers idea of disruptive differs from the captain and crews. liberal N proud Apr 2013 #1

liberal N proud

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1. I would guess the passengers idea of disruptive differs from the captain and crews.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 07:58 PM
Apr 2013

As the plane is under the authority of the captain much as that of a ship, he/she has the right to make that determination and do what is considereded appropriate for the safety and comfort of all on board.

I bet the rest of the flight was quite for everyone else. And the people thrown off, can rent a minivan with a DVD player and let their little darlings watch veggie tales all the way back to Boston.

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