{OT} airline owner -->joke<--

On a recent CO flight, CEO Gordon Bethune had pre-boarded the aircraft
and was sitting on the flight deck chatting with the Captain and First
Officer. He left the flight deck just before pushback to take his
assigned First Class seat.

A OnePass Platinum Elite member boarded just before the flight pushed,
and was furious that he had not been upgraded. Seeing several First
Class seats open, he began to argue with the flight attendant over why
he had not been upgraded. The flight attendant said she would get a
gate agent to look into the matter, but the Elite member began swearing
at her profusely.

Gordon was on his way back from the cockpit when this occurred, and
intervened, asking, "Can I help somehow?"

The passenger said, "Huh? Who the fuck are you?"

"I'm the CEO of this company," Gordon replied. "May I see your ticket,
sir?"

The passenger gave his ticket to Gordon, who saw a total fare of just
under six hundred dollars. He then pulled out his billfold and peeled
off six $100 bills, placing them in the man's hand.

And then he tore the ticket up. "Now," Gordon said, "you get the fuck
off my airplane!"

The flight attendant could barely contain herself.

On 04 Mar 2006 13:09:40 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

<Snip>[color=blue]
>Gordon was on his way back from the cockpit when this occurred, and
>intervened, asking, "Can I help somehow?"
>
>The passenger said, "Huh? Who the fuck are you?"
>
>"I'm the CEO of this company," Gordon replied. "May I see your ticket,
>sir?"
>
>The passenger gave his ticket to Gordon, who saw a total fare of just
>under six hundred dollars. He then pulled out his billfold and peeled
>off six $100 bills, placing them in the man's hand.
>
>And then he tore the ticket up. "Now," Gordon said, "you get the fuck
>off my airplane!"
>
>The flight attendant could barely contain herself.[/color]

False. Plausible considering public statements on record made by
Mr. Bethune (see below), Laudible and perfectly justifiable if it
happened, but still False. If for no other reason than the CEO isn't
going to admit to dropping F-Bombs lightly in public.

[url]http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bethune.asp[/url]

Though I'd be cheering him on if I was there and it really happened
- I'd probably have long ago hit the "Record" button on my iPaq in an
effort to cover the butts of the flight crew.

Because people who go off at the employees like that might try to
sue over the consequences of their actions. (Like being arrested for
interfering with a flight crew, or worse.) And of course, when they
get into the courtroom they'll testify that "I was perfectly calm and
polite, and the Flight Attendant was a raving lunatic..."

Having it all recorded shuts that argument down Right Now.

--<< Bruce >>--

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Bruce L. Bergman, 3/4/2006,11:21:31 AM, wrote:
[color=blue]
> False. Plausible considering public statements on record made by
> Mr. Bethune (see below), Laudible and perfectly justifiable if it
> happened, but still False. If for no other reason than the CEO isn't
> going to admit to dropping F-Bombs lightly in public.
>
> [url]http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bethune.asp[/url][/color]

Well, at least I did preface the story with a -->joke<--

On 04 Mar 2006 20:16:26 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Bruce L. Bergman, 3/4/2006,11:21:31 AM, wrote:
>[color=green]
>> False. Plausible considering public statements on record made by
>> Mr. Bethune (see below), Laudible and perfectly justifiable if it
>> happened, but still False. If for no other reason than the CEO isn't
>> going to admit to dropping F-Bombs lightly in public.
>>
>> [url]http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bethune.asp[/url][/color]
>
>Well, at least I did preface the story with a -->joke<--[/color]

I know that, but these things get passed on thousands of times
through E-mail and other means, and that 'joke' flag gets {ahem}
"accidentally misplaced" along the way.

--<< Bruce >>--

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