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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:35 AM Original message |
More Airplane Hysteria - Girl kicked off of plane for coughing |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Could it be that they thought she might have TB or another serious contagious disease? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Or it could have been an asthma attack. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. She was examined by a doctor on board who said she was fine |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Who had ultimate responsibility? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Asthma can be tricky to diagnose. If he wasn't seeing her during |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Sometimes, a cold is just a cold. I've had incidents of choking and |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. But many asthmatics only get their symptoms |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. I had mixed feelings about this |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree with Continental Airlines on this. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But she wasn't sick before she left |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yes, colds do happen. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. That just isn't possible |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, on behalf of the countless people you've no doubt exposed to your germs, |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. People will get exposed to germs |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well now that's being a good American, isn't it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. If you expose me, and I get sick, I have NO health leave. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. My thoughts, precisely |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. if that's the case though shouldn't the whole plane |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. It wasn't just that she had a cold. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Agreed. I had a boss who would tell us to "work from home" if sick time was |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Exactly |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. All to often, though. They ARE SICK. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Could be a CYA thing also. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. If she was really sick, why would they stick her on another flight? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. It would give her time to make sure she was ok. Make sure it was not a serious problem. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, all those people trapped on planes for hours and hours should have started coughing. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. LOL, I will remember that n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. so what's their policy? |
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46and2 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think the Captain |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. the pilot gets to decide who flies and that is FIRM |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sorry, I would be pissed off to spend 10 hours in the air with a |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Are all flights this crowded? |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The barf bags are for people who get air sick, not for people with the flu. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yep. by the way, airsickness is VERY rare these days. |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Cabin air is fresher than in virtually any other enclosed place. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. That certainly isn't true when the plane is sitting on the tarmac. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. It's still going to bother the person in the next seat |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. You could always just open the window to get some fresh air in...jeeeeze |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Everybody is potentially infectious |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. But someone with a bad cough is probably infectious. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why not just take OTC medicine - most of them work well |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with the captain. Pilots have to err on the side of caution. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I agree with you. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. a doctor on the flight said she would be OK |
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46and2 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'm no MD... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Yikes! Yes, my niece had that and it gave her a terrific cough. It's actually |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. A doctor who didn't know her and who specializes in . . . what? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. That doctor had neither the right nor the responsibility to make a decision. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hey, coulda been worse! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. SOMEONE has to be in charge of the plane, and that's the captain |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. My elderly uncle attended a family Christmas gathering |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. If she had had a fatal asthma attack on the long flight, |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't see anything wrong. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Having kicked her off the plane despite an onboard doctor saying she |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. They should have done this, regardless of any onboard doctor |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. When you go to a new doctor they contact your old doctor to get... |
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oldcoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. I disagree |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. It's not the airlines reponsibility to pay for medical care. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's the pilot's ultimate call- he or she is responsible for the safety of.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. they need to do this more often |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. The good news for her |
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