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Related: About this forumPilot 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
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
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dballance
(5,756 posts)1. What's an Amblerite? I Can't Find Anything Definitive by Googling.
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?
independentpiney
(1,510 posts)2. Ambler is a town outside of Philly
Bucks county , I think. Thus relevant on philly.com
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. This is a lousily written article--the passenger is complaining that the flight attendant was
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.