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Initech

(99,915 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:48 PM Apr 2013

Pilot Had Passenger Detained For Not Flushing Toilet

A passenger who flew from Philadelphia to San Francisco was detained on arrival by federal agents after a vindictive flight attendant claimed he had not flushed a lavatory toilet, according to a federal suit.

The suit, which seeks $500,000 in damages, was filed last week in the Northern District of California.

Salvatore Bevivino, 52, a business manager for Genentech, boarded a Virgin America flight on April 28, 2012. After the plane reached cruising altitude over Indiana, the former Amblerite pushed the call button and asked for a soda.

According to the suit, a male attendant told Bevivino that if he wanted a drink he would have to use a computer touch screen installed on the back of the facing seat.

http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-29/news/38905649_1_flight-attendant-virgin-america-flight-crew


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Pilot Had Passenger Detained For Not Flushing Toilet (Original Post) Initech Apr 2013 OP
What's an Amblerite? I Can't Find Anything Definitive by Googling. dballance Apr 2013 #1
Ambler is a town outside of Philly independentpiney Apr 2013 #2
This is a lousily written article--the passenger is complaining that the flight attendant was MADem May 2013 #3
 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
1. What's an Amblerite? I Can't Find Anything Definitive by Googling.
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 02:31 PM
Apr 2013

Is this some religious sect I've just never heard of before? If so, what are their tenants?

On Edit: Why is "former Ablerite" relevant to the story?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. This is a lousily written article--the passenger is complaining that the flight attendant was
Wed May 1, 2013, 01:53 AM
May 2013

vindictive, but it's written as though the flight attendant's vindictiveness is not in question, and this guy is an innocent bumbler, "wronged" by Virgin Air.

I kind of think he's bullshitting (and maybe not flushing), myself....

If you're a naive bozo, the first thing out of your mouth shouldn't be that you're going to write to the airline and complain.

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