“So, if you have one too many in the airport and the flight crew won’t allow you to board, remember they are just obeying federal regulations and keeping the rest of the passengers safe.”Īs a flight attendant's main job, they are required to keep the safety of the other passengers in mind. “If you plan to consume alcohol before your flight, remember that the airline’s gate agent may not let you board the aircraft if you appear to have had too much,” the Federal Aviation Administration wrote in a post on Medium. That can include intoxication from drugs such as marijuana, even in cities or states where they’re legal or decriminalized. RELATED: People Are Searching For Woman Who Has Meltdown & Gets Off Plane After Claiming To See A Man Who Was Not Real Airline crew members have the right to refuse passengers on the flight if they are not sober.Īccording to Federal Aviation guidelines, no airline may allow anyone to board a plane if the passenger appears to be intoxicated. 'Then flight attendant wouldn't allow me on the plane trying to say that I was 'wasted' - but didn't have a good explanation. To pass the time, Konczal, her husband, and other passengers decided to get drinks at the bar. Konczal ended up posting the entire argument between her and her husband and the flight attendant on her YouTube channel, and in the description of the video explained that all of the passengers had been told to deboard the plane and that it would be hours before they would be allowed back on. The Southwest Airlines flight attendant and the couple continued to go back and forth, with the passenger arguing about why she should be allowed on the flight, despite the flight attendant repeatedly telling her she wasn't allowed on the plane while intoxicated. You aren’t following any sort of instructions that any of us are asking you to do.” “Do I seem intoxicated to you right now?” Konczal asked the flight attendant, to which she answered, 'Yeah, you do. RELATED: Woman Brings 50 Pound Pit Bull On Plane And Places Him In Fellow Passenger's Seat - 'Where's My Refund?'

When one of the passengers, who was speaking off-camera, pointed out that the flight attendant was 'shaking,' she confirmed that it was because they were 'jeopardizing the safety of this aircraft, so I'm threatened by you.' RELATED: Airline Tells Parents They'll Be 'Put In Jail' & The Kids 'Put In Foster Care' If They Don't Take Their Toddler Out Of The Seat They Paid For 'You cannot come on this aircraft,' the Southwest Airlines flight attendant told the couple. In the clip, the flight attendant was explaining why a couple wasn't being allowed to board after one of them had exhibited signs of being intoxicated. The flight attendant banned the couple from boarding after noticing they were intoxicated.

In the three-minute-long clip posted to the subreddit r/PublicFreakout, an unnamed flight attendant was seen blocking the entrance to the plane while a couple was trying to board their flight, and refused to let them pass for fear of the safety of the other passengers. In a video that has since gone viral, a couple was angered after they were told they were not allowed to board their flight.

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